Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 15:56:38 -0400 From: Kirk Bailey <idiot1@netzero.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: subject prepending Message-ID: <3D7A59F6.9A5D521A@netzero.net> References: <3D7A5359.4641B60B@netzero.net> <20020907195002.GA1680@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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very fine, but my netscape 4.74 does not seem to notice it unless I tell it to display ALL headers- what a mess! I will note this, and think about it for TinyList. Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 03:28:25PM -0400, Kirk Bailey wrote: > > > most lists prepend the listname in [square brackets]. This is a > > material help for filtering messages into the correct folder. Could > > the list owner please turn on this feature to facilitate filtering > > for us out here is subscriberland? > > The suggested mechanism for achieving what you want is described in > RFC2919 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2919.txt). It's still only > "Standards Track", not yet "Best Practice", but none the less most > mailing lists have adopted the recommendations --- in my experience > rather more lists than modify the subject line as you suggest. > > In short, the mechanism is to add a new header "List-ID:" to messages > delivered to mailing lists. If you examine the headers of any messages > posted to this list you will see that it (and indeed all mailing lists > @FreeBSD.ORG) already comply: > > List-ID: <freebsd-questions.FreeBSD.ORG> > > Most MUAs can detect this header and use it to filter messages into > Mailboxes. This procmail snippet is what I use for my own account: > > # FreeBSD Questions > :0: > * ^List-ID: <freebsd-questions\.FreeBSD\.ORG> > | ${FORMAIL} -A"X-Folder: FreeBSD/Questions" >> FreeBSD/Questions > > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK -- end Respectfully, Kirk D Bailey +---------------------"Thou Art Free." -Eris-----------------------+ | http://www.howlermonkey.net mailto:highprimate@howlermonkey.net | | KILL spam dead! http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam/#Pledge | | http://www.tinylist.org +--------+ mailto:grumpy@tinylist.org | +------------------Thinking| NORMAL |Thinking----------------------+ +--------+ ------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance Unlimited Long Distance only $29.95/ month! Sign Up Today! www.netzerolongdistance.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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