Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:46:58 -1000 From: "parv/FreeBSD" <parv.0zero9+freebsd@gmail.com> To: Jaskaran Veer Singh <lists@jaskaran.org> Cc: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, questions@freebsd.org, postmaster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broken User Experience - online mailing list Message-ID: <CABObuOrQxtAhdBpdTkZhOZ7UHSPzemTSd4VUWMe70MQBM2vSoQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CKT0HAFSNQ3C.1X7OIZH7WI9SV@eniac.local> References: <2E1B782A-DB40-41B1-A036-A790C4DCC409@nimnet.asn.au> <CKT0HAFSNQ3C.1X7OIZH7WI9SV@eniac.local>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 7:31 PM Jaskaran Veer Singh wrote: ... > I'd love to see mailing list name automatically preprended to > the subject line. It helps with quickly knowing what list the message is > from. > Other mailing lists (not FreeBSD) that I follow have this feature. > > Opinions? > No, I prefer the subject lines, devoid of the cruft, so that more context could be provided. Use filtering software on your mail host or in your MUA to shovel an email in the appropriate mailbox|folder and/or tag some other way. Examples: - "Google Mail" has filtering to apply "labels", which I am using currently. - Used previously "procmail" when fetching the messages on local machine, combined with manual effort in "mutt". - I have heard of "Sieve" being an option for web mail & possibly local use (never used myself). - parv [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 7:31 PM Jaskaran Veer Singh wrote:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">...<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> I'd love to see mailing list name automatically preprended to<br> the subject line. It helps with quickly knowing what list the message is from.<br> Other mailing lists (not FreeBSD) that I follow have this feature.<br> <br> Opinions?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">No, I prefer the subject lines, devoid of the cruft, so that more</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">context could be provided.<br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">Use filtering software on your mail host or in your MUA to shovel</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">an email in the appropriate mailbox|folder and/or tag some other</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">way.</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">Examples:</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">- "Google Mail" has filtering to apply "labels", which I am</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"> using currently.</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">- Used previously "procmail" when fetching the messages on local</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"> machine, combined with manual effort in "mutt".</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">- I have heard of "Sieve" being an option for web mail & possibly</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"> local use (never used myself).</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default">- parv</div><div style="font-family:monospace" class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div>help
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