Subject: Re: [abiword-dev] apropos subject here
From: John Buell (dadaist@mac.com)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 10:33:15 CST
On Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 09:12 AM, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> According to James Ogley <james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk>:
>> Might it be possible to have the list server do this?
>>
>> abiword-dev is the only mailing list I subscribe to that doesn't do
>> this
>> automatically...
>
> It is not the only one, and we won't do it. If you want to separate
> lists
> from the rest, which is the best recommendation I can make to heavy mail
> user, filter on the Sender: header (for this least at least) and
> pre-sort
> them to folder. I do this on the mail server that my provider offers,
> but
> POPers can do it in their e-mail client. Considering that I did this in
> Eudora years ago (back in the days I did not use Mutt, ie more than 4
> years
> ago) I consider that this is not a problem for anyone in 2001.
>
> I'd vote against prefacing subject.
>
> Hub
>
>
Better idea: since all of the developers don't want this in their
subject lines, and I'm sick of hearing about it, why not have the server
kill all messages that include this debate and get on with it? (I guess
that includes this message too huh? :)
-John
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