dain: > This was discussed when the list was originally started and > almost everyone disliked the idea.
i've now read the entire list, and the only thing i saw that relates to the mailing list format is a vote on whether to add the mailing list as the "reply-to" field: http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=114 i also saw this discussion for patch subject naming conventions: http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=1740 these have nothing to do with my suggestion (reread the original message). i also saw this thread where the same thing was asked for but only one person answered. that person supported the idea: http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=2040 can you point me in the direction of this discussion where "almost everyone disliked the idea"? maybe those messages somehow weren't saved? frankly, i find that very difficult to believe. can you explain to me why almost everyone would dislike the idea of prepending the subject lines of mailing list messages so they may be easily identified? -alvin On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 14:24, Dain Sundstrom wrote: > This was discussed when the list was originally started and almost > everyone disliked the idea. I strongly suggest you either get a better > email client such as Mozilla Firebird or just get an account a yahoo to > collect the mail from this list. > > -dain > > On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 01:14 PM, Alvin Thompson wrote: > > > the 'TO' field is the recipient, of course. the "CC" field is not used, > > the "FROM" field is the actual sender. the only thing in the emails > > that > > gives a clue to its origins is the "REPLY-TO" field. my (and many) > > email > > client doesn't filter on this. > > > > > > besides, it would be nice to look at the one-line summary info > > (subject, > > from, date) and instantly know it's not spam, without relying on > > anti-spam software. > > > > -alvin > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 14:04, Michael Campbell wrote: > >> alan wrote: > >> > >>> I think we shoud put some flag in the body or on the subject to > >> make it > >>> possible for the member to filter out spam mails > >> > >> Can't you filter on the To: or Cc: fields? I haven't seen a > >> reasonable email client yet that can't, but my experience is perhaps > >> limited. > >> > >> > >> > >> __________________________________ > >> Do you Yahoo!? > >> Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > >> http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > /************************* > * Dain Sundstrom > * Partner > * Core Developers Network > *************************/ >
