On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:21:08PM +0200, Frank Tegtmeyer wrote:
Michel Pelletier <michel@digicool.com> writes:
everyone else are welcome to continue to discuss it and you don't need my consent or permission to do so.
My opinion: Putting the list name into the subject is totally redundant and ugly.
well, i use mutt in order to handle the huge volume of emails. but i pull mail from my pop3 server into a single folder without presorting via procmail as many others do. i like to be able to scan the subjects rapidly all in one folder and the only way to quickly distinguish which list a particular message pertains to is with those _ugly_ _outdated_ _useless_ subject line identifiers. it would make my life _much_ less productive if they went away... frankly, i would think other issues of subject line 'abuse' would be much more relevant than complaining about something that actually _helps_ even a few people. just another $0.02, er well, maybe $0.03... cheers,
Everybody who gets mailinglists will sort them into folders (at least). A mail client that is only able to filter for subjects is broken and shouldn't be used.
There are many good mail clients out there, even for the Windows and Macintosh world, so there is nearly no excuse not to use them. Rigid corporate environments are out of course.
-- charlie blanchard http://baldguru.com/ LosAngeles area Zope Users Group http://lazug.org