Re: Putting some prefix to the mailing-list mails?

[Chris Green <chris areti co uk>]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 09:41:27AM +0100, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm subscribed to many mailing lists, which usually have a prefix like: 
> [ethereal-dev] or [scite].
> 
> This makes it easy to sort out the incoming mails from spam, and sort 
> them automatically into a special folder.
> 
It also wastes a considerable amount of the space which is otherwise
dedicated to the actual subject.  


> As mail subjects like: "How Do I?" will usually considered spam by 
> myself (yes, and I'm using a good spamfilter).
> 
> Using the digest mode will have such a prefix, but this makes it much 
> harder to respond to a mail.
> 
> 
> Any chance that a prefix like [dia] to the mailing list mails could be 
> added?
> 
Use an MUA or a mail preprocessor that can sort your mail based on the
sender (or whatever), then you don't need the sender in the Subject:.

-- 
Chris Green (chris areti co uk)

    "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."