From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 25 14:45:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA12608 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 14:45:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA12596 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 14:45:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA19985; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 15:45:03 -0600 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 15:45:03 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199604252145.PAA19985@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Dave Andersen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: List format suggestion In-Reply-To: <199604252127.PAA26858@shell.aros.net> References: <199604252127.PAA26858@shell.aros.net> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I'm wondering if it would be much of a hassle to change the Subject: > format of the FreeBSD mailing lists to include a (very small) tag > identifying the mail in the subject as a FreeBSD email. Something like: > > Subject: [FBSD] How do I install a new SCSI drive? It would be a hassle in that it adds un-necessary cruft to every header which can hides some of the real 'cruft' in the subject lines. :) > would make it a bit easier to handle in some respects (It's an > admittedly self-serving request -- I use elm for mail reading, and I > don't filter my FreeBSD mail in to other folders, and elm's 'limit' won't > pick up on the freebsd- in the cc: lines). Why make a change which affects *EVERY* list user because you don't choose to filter email. It's much easier for you to just install filters. Nate