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From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
To: Amarendra Godbole <amarendra.godbole@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
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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