Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 75527 invoked by uid 500); 25 Aug 2002 15:16:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: users@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list users@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 75514 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2002 15:16:59 -0000 Received: from wolff.to (66.92.219.49) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 25 Aug 2002 15:16:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 28794 invoked by uid 500); 25 Aug 2002 15:24:07 -0000 Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 10:24:07 -0500 From: Bruno Wolff III To: Michael Cc: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: Administrivia question: subject prefix? Message-ID: <20020825152407.GA28726@wolff.to> Mail-Followup-To: Michael , users@httpd.apache.org References: <3D66A2E9.3090200@borland.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 17:08:26 -0400, Michael wrote: > You don't have to provide the prefix. The mailing list software does > that for you. It also doesn't add the prefix if it's already somewhere in the > subject line. > > I vote enthusiastically for the change. Unless you happen to > have a graphical or colorized mail client when you join the > apache mailing list you suddenly start getting lots of e-mails > from people you don't know, some of which look like subjects > related to apache and quite a few of which look like spam. Sorting > through those to get to your personal mail is a pain. Or unless you use inbound filters base on the recipient addresses or any of several other possible strategies for filtering the email. I find it much nicer to keep list mail in seperate lists that I can look at only when I want to deal with stuff from that list. However those of us that have nice tools available can strip the subject prefixes out as well if we want. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org