On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, at 10:21am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a request that I'd like to put up for discussion.
This has been discussed before. The general consensus appears to be that there are already several headers one can filter on, including at least one that is specifically designed and designated for this purpose (List-Id), and that one should use those, and not commandeer another header for the purpose. Unlike the "Reply-To" debate (which was a close vote), opinion appears to be pretty much one-sided on this one, both then and now. > This would facilitate filtering of messages into appropriate mail folders > without having to scan all the headers looking for the right bit of > information. The computer has to scan all the headers to find the "Subject" header anyway, so this doesn't really gain you anything. > As it is now, messages to the discuss list could contain > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or gnhlug-discuss@ or not even contain those if the > message was a BCC. (Why you'd BCC to a list, I don't know, but you could.) The list software will reject any message sent to this list that does not explicitly mention a configured list alias in either the "To" or "Cc" header. But anyway, the "List-Id" header is guaranteed to be present and the same for all messages delivered through this mailing list. So, one should filter on that, and not anything else, to identify list mail. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss