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Date:      Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:40:23 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
To:        Amarendra Godbole <amarendra.godbole@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
Message-ID:  <20070425153431.S2486@strange.locolomo.org>
In-Reply-To: <294439d20704250627h60a5b5dcx49f4dd6b34c2caa1@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <294439d20704250627h60a5b5dcx49f4dd6b34c2caa1@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Amarendra Godbole wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to
> visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it
> possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q],
> or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually
> classified?
>
> Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a
> discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone
> inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance!

For gmail you can create filters that add a label depending on the 
to-address. I don't know how it works.

I think that's what you want - and it is likely much easier than trying to 
take up the discussion...

Cheers, Erik



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