>>>>> "Carlos" == Carlos Cantu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Carlos> I don't understand the hang-up. Is it that the Subject
Carlos> column of your e-mail browser is not wide enough to show
Carlos> a short tag plus the real subject text?
Well, partly that is it for me. I like being able to have multiple
windows on the screen at once. Useless information that makes the
subject lines incomprehensible (because I may not see the actual
subject of the message, which is the entire purpose of having a
subject line in the first place) are a pretty big negative for me.
As someone pointed out early, there are plenty of header lines that
give list identifying information already,
e.g. from the message I'm responding to:
the header designed to actually identify the list
List-Id: General discussion forum for net-snmp users
<net-snmp-users.lists.sourceforge.net>
or
Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
or
you could use the To: and CC: lines
or
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or
Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or
X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or
List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
or
List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
or
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users>,
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
or
List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=net-snmp-users>
or you could even use one of about 3 or 4 received lines:
Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12]
helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net)
by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30)
id 1Bzd3k-0003S7-D0
for [EMAIL PROTECTED];
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
In other words, a list message already has somewhere in the
neighborhood of 10-14 separate headers that differentiate the
message. So we need to add some more list identifying info to a
message? And while we're at it, let's add it to a header that is
used for something else to make it longer and harder to use for its
actual purpose? This is what doesn't make sense. (it kind of makes
me think of bolting a spare tire to the steering wheel of my car)
Now that said, I obviously vote no :), but if more people want it
than don't, it probably should be added.
Carlos> I don't really need the tags myself. The techie network
Carlos> gurus must be doing a good job on spam filtering. But
Carlos> if some people can benefit from a short tag in front of
Carlos> the subject, I don't see how that can really be *that*
Carlos> annoying. Unless for some reason you have an extremely
Carlos> short subject field and are not able to extend it.
Carlos> It's probably unecessary extra work to have a settable
Carlos> option in our settings as to whether you want this
Carlos> e-mail tag or not. It's also reasonable to limit the
Carlos> length of the tag to 16 chars (a nice round number).
We're using the sourceforge mail services (Mailman 2.0.9-sf.net),
and as Dave mentioned earlier, this isn't an option for individuals
(unfortunately). Adding this as an individual option ourselves
would be a large burden no matter how it was done.
Carlos> e-mail tag or not. It's also reasonable to limit the
Carlos> length of the tag to 16 chars (a nice round number).
If the tag vote is yes, definitely, the shorter the better.
Mike
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