Thanks, Richard and Mark, for responses. Richard wrote:
I suspect that it isn't that the list added the name after the
>Re:, but that the MUA left it there and added the Re: first, >and the list saw that the tag was already in the message and >left it there. This keeps the subject tidy. **I have a moderated list, so such occassions do not occur (I would edit out any 'old' [listname] and whatever stacking of prefixes that could happen). It is simply so that if you post a subject line "re: topic", Mailman changes that to "re: [listname] topic" (instead of just treating the "re:" as part of the subject line / topic, .i.e. change it to "[listname] re: topic" ). I now understand from Mark's response that this is a host server setting beyond listowner control, i.e. that the software dóes allow changing (just not by listowners). The [Listname %d] is present in my case, but I do not think it would be an improvement (just add confusion). Ah well. Off-topic: are there by chance people present who run a Mailman list at Yale University? Who could drop me a note offlist (it's about that horrid Targeted Attack Protection system -- although perhaps it plagues lists at other universities as well). Aayko ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
