On the list itself
Lex Spoon
lex at cc.gatech.edu
Tue Aug 4 22:41:50 UTC 1998
On the other hand, one can end up with nasty subjects like
[squeak] Re: [squeak] re: [squeak] some topic
I notice there is also a "X-Mailing-List:...squeak....". in the
mail.... That should be pretty reliable so long as it sticks around.
Lex
Doug Way writes:
>
> On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Roland Jesse wrote:
>
> > I do not like this idea. How about adding the string [squeak] as a
> > prefix to the subject line? That's only one short config line for
> > majordomo ;) and besides recognizing the mail as one coming from the
> > list, you still know who the author is.
>
> I agree with Roland, I'm on two other mailing lists and they both have a
> short string with brackets at the beginning of the subject line
> identifying themselves. This is handy if your email program doesn't
> support filtering on the reply-to field, for example. Also, it could be
> abbreviated to something like [Sq], although [squeak] or [Squeak] would be
> fine, too.
>
> - Doug Way
> dway at mat.net
> dway at transom.com
> http://www.transom.com
>
>
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