I'm confused by Mutts handling of mailing lists. First, I do not understand the difference of known lists (lists) and subscribed lists (subscribe). If Mutt handles mail from a known list, I'm probably subscribed, no?
Secondly, I find having to manually maintain a list of subscriptions in my config unreasonable. Why doesn't Mutt automatically lists/subscribe to lists based on the List-Id header? That's what it's for: By including the List-Id field, list servers can make it easier for mail clients to provide automated tools for users to perform list functions. The list identifier can serve as a key to make many automated processing tasks easier, and hence more widely available. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2919.txt This has been mentioned here before by Kyle Wheeler on 20 Jun 2007: Now, it's probably fair criticism if you want to say that mutt should also check List-Post and/or List-ID headers (if they exist), but for good or ill, it does not currently (file a bug report). http://www.mail-archive.com/mutt-users@mutt.org/msg32989.html The only related Bug on Trac is Ticket #3160, renamed "support for more mailing list headers to detect list mail" by pdmef on 2009-01-27. Has there been any discussion on this? What do you think? Thanks, and keep up the good work! -- ilf i...@jabber.berlin.ccc.de Über 80 Millionen Deutsche benutzen keine Konsole. Klick dich nicht weg! -- Eine Initiative des Bundesamtes für Tastaturbenutzung
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