From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 12 20:22:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA17230 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 20:22:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dc1.mfn.org (dc1.mfn.org [204.238.179.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA17181 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 20:22:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sysadmin@mfn.org) Received: from dhcp7_ppp07.mfn.org (unverified [204.238.179.200]) by mail.mfn.org (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 22:24:29 -0500 Received: by dhcp7_ppp07.mfn.org with Microsoft Mail id <01BD9650.8535FD60@dhcp7_ppp07.mfn.org>; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 22:22:01 -0500 Message-ID: <01BD9650.8535FD60@dhcp7_ppp07.mfn.org> From: greeves To: "'FreeBSD Questions'" Subject: [FBSD-Q] Type header??? Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 22:22:00 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I know this may not be the right forum, but I don't think -current or -hackers would be any better, so... Many of us subscribe to several listservs, and as a result receive many hundreds (or more) of emails a day. In order to deal with this, various people use various sorting methods. Mine are automated (for the most part), based on the subject line. With the sole exceptions of this list and the SMAUG list, all of the listservs to which I subscribe send a notation header to sort on. For instance, If I send a posting to NT Security about a new port attack, and put "New Port Attack" in the subject line of my post, it will arrive from the listserv like this: [NTSEC] New Port Attack Obviously, using the subject this way allows people (often me as well, depending on what area of the shop I'm working in that day) who can't filter automatically by sender or relay points to scan the subjects quickly, and thereby determine if the mails can wait, or whether a given email may be customer related. FBSD-Q is a truly high volume list, and I enjoy the opportunity to both read and occasionally help out on it, by the sheer volume of posts makes sifting a real necessity! Is there any way you guys would consider going to a modified header/subject line??? Please? :) Thanks Either Way... J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org (Please direct all flames on this to /dev/nul, thanks.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message