[samba] prefix missing in subject

[Tom Diehl]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Greg Zartman wrote:

> 
> > belong to many lists, and remembering that one (samba) require the 
> >list name in the subject is going to be a large pain.  
> 
> Rich, you are looking at this all wrong.  The [Samba] "subject prefix" is 
> automatically added by the mailing list software.  I subscribe to two 
> mailing lists that implement this convention and it really makes the 
> messages stand out.  Nothing changes from the users standpoint (i.e., you 
> don't have to add the [Samba] manually.

I did not see the beginning of the thread but I will just add that it is
STUPID to put [listname] in the subject. IMHO It wastes screen real estate 
and serves NO useful purpose except to make it harder to tell what the subject
really is without opening the message. There are things in the header of 
ALL messages from this list that are easier and better to filter on. If you
are on multiple lists and you think this helps then suggest you get better 
mail software. Unfortunately mailman adds this stupidity by default.
Fortunately whoever set up this list appears to have turned it off. 
(I hope this is still true) Hopefully it will stay off!! 
It is VERY annoying.

Procmail is your friend!!

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