On Fri, 08 Oct 1999, Jesse Kanner wrote:
> I too would prefer some sort of abreviation prepended to the Subject
> header. This makes it much easier to sort and identify (eg. 'mp:', 'm_p:'
> or 'mod_perl:', etc.). Many other lists I'm on do this: [NTBUGTRAQ] for
> example. When you're subscribed to many lists (esp. technical ones) this
> can be very helpful.

Who in this day isn't either using a mail client that can filter this lists
mail to another folder or able to use procmail to do the same? Personally I
abhor subject prefixes.

> Also, inserting a Reply To header pointing to the list address would be
> helpful.

There are many reasons why you shouldn't do this - but the discussion is
old - do a net search to find out, or I think it's covered in the
documentation to most good mailing list software (ezmlm or majordomo).

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