On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 05:30:19PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > Many list servers serve up their archives with subject line and other > information but not the body. By modifying the subject appropriately one > makes it possible for a reader to quickly scan the subject, making > reading the entire thread unnecessary, thereby improving usability of > the archive.
It is not just the Subject: but also the In-Reply-To: and References: headers. A good MUA (mail reader) will use these to deduce what is in reply to what and have the ability to show an email 'thread'. I use mutt which does this. For instance the email that I am replying to has the following headers: In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <Z4UiQnQqvtWHX5pZ@q957> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <cah8yc8kavpkexoddrhsmb9cbpmeufpk7xqgwwtfyt+gb3vu...@mail.gmail.com> <[email protected]> > Does anybody read signatures any more? Yes! -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h>
