[ClassicCMP] Re: [ClassicCmp] Tag requested in Subject: line - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

5 Feb 2000

On Feb 5, 11:18, Mike Cheponis wrote:
...
  I'd like to see a small tag be prefixed to the
Subject: line so that it's
 easier to know that the email came from the Classic Computer list.

 I suggest the Majordomo "config" file include a line like this:

 subject_prefix    = [ClassicCmp]

 or somesuch.  That way, it's quite easy to sort on messages from this list
...
  both automatically, and, equally important, manually.

No!!!  Please!

Any sensible mailer can sort on, or at least display, one of the "Sender:"
or "To:" field, or the envelope "From" (not the header
"From:") instead of
the envelope "To" line.  All of these, as well as the "Reply-to:",
refer to
the mailing list address.  Anyone who hasn't seen all the headers, see
below for the headers as I received Mike's message, and you'll see what I
mean.

All the prefix does is make it messy, and waste space.

-------------------received headers below here---------------------------

...
 From owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org  Sat Feb  5
23:59:44 2000 
Received: from localhost by indy.dunnington.u-net.com via ESMTP
(951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/980207.PNT)
	for <pete@localhost> id XAA07839; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:59:44 GMT
Envelope-to: pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com
Delivery-date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:52:39 +0000
Received: from mail.u-net.com
	by fetchmail-4.6.0 POP3
	for <pete/localhost> (multi-drop); Sat, 05 Feb 2000 23:59:44 GMT
Received: from [209.83.134.16] (helo=opal.tseinc.com)
	by mserv1b.u-net.net with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #63)
	id 12HBG2-0004Gp-00
	for pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:52:38 +0000
Received: (from majordom@localhost)
	by opal.tseinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA64868
	for classiccmp-classiccmp-org-outgoing; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 13:18:56
-0600 (CST)
	(envelope-from owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org)
X-Authentication-Warning: opal.tseinc.com: majordom set sender to
owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org using -f
Received: from NameServer.Culver.Net (mac(a)[206.79.230.38])
	by opal.tseinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA64863
	for &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;rg>; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 13:18:54 -0600
(CST)
	(envelope-from mac(a)Wireless.Com)
Received: from localhost (mac@localhost)
	by NameServer.Culver.Net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA18471;
	Sat, 5 Feb 2000 11:18:55 -0800 (PST)
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 11:18:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Cheponis &lt;mac(a)Wireless.Com&gt;
X-Sender: mac(a)NameServer.Culver.Net
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: [ClassicCmp] Tag requested in Subject: line
In-Reply-To: &lt;20000205114512.B17681(a)dbit.dbit.com&gt;
Message-ID:
&lt;Pine.BSI.4.05L.10002051112130.15055-100000(a)NameServer.Culver.Net&gt;
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org

-------------------received headers above here---------------------------

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York