Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-24 Thread Martin Marcher
hi, On 7/11/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What mailing list software doesn't include those headers? there are a couple of lists out there most of those a are social lists but a couple of newsletters also do not provide those headers (imho newsletters are nothing but mailing

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-13 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jul 11, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:08:04PM +0100, andy baxter wrote: Incidentally, it would help me at least if the list software could set the 'reply-to' header to the list address. Please. Not this argument again. http://www.unic

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 10:46:49AM -0500, Anson Gardner wrote: > On Wednesday 11 July 2007 15:45, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > Just out of curiousity, have you ever had anyone complain about > > bottom-posting? > > > > While I've never had anyone complain, I have had people simply not see

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-12 Thread Anson Gardner
On Wednesday 11 July 2007 15:45, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > Ted, > > Mathias has shown you a nice way to intersperse comments with the > original text. It is the generally preferred method here and on any > other linux or OSS oriented list I've subscribed to. > SNIP > fine. Sometimes, though

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/11/07 16:08, andy baxter wrote: [snip] I use 'To or cc' in Thunderbird. 'To' isn't enough because if someone has done 'reply to all' (e.g. as with this email), then the previous poster ends up in 'To' with the list address in 'cc'. Incidentally, it would help me at least if the list soft

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:08:04PM +0100, andy baxter wrote: > > Incidentally, it would help me at least if the list software could set > the 'reply-to' header to the list address. > Please. Not this argument again. http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html http://woozle.org/~neale/papers

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Andy. You don’t have to CC me, I’m subscribed to this list. andy baxter, 11.07.2007 23:08: > Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Andrew Saunders, 10.07.2007 17:40: >> >>> On 7/10/07, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't seem to have a way of filtering the Debian List email from non

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread andy baxter
Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Andrew. Andrew Saunders, 10.07.2007 17:40: On 7/10/07, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't seem to have a way of filtering the Debian List email from non Debian email because of this Filter based on the "from" address, as opposed to the messa

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
Ted, Mathias has shown you a nice way to intersperse comments with the original text. It is the generally preferred method here and on any other linux or OSS oriented list I've subscribed to. On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 07:41:09PM +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hi Ted. > > Ted Hilts, 11.07.2007

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Ted. Ted Hilts, 11.07.2007 19:29: > [ Discussion about Thunderbird and subject filtering ] > Interesting! > > Yes, I understand what you and the others have determined. I have > just made the appropriate changes to THUNDERBIRD using the "To or cc" > header with the value "debian-user@lis

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Ted Hilts
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:24:48AM -0600, Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct. wrote: Please see the original email (further down) sent yesterday to the list. Would someone like to explain how my ORIGINAL email to the Debian List turned into the following: I s

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:24:48 -0600, Ted Hilts wrote: > Please see the original email (further down) sent yesterday to the list. > > Would someone like to explain how my ORIGINAL email to the Debian List > turned into the following: [ snip: one of the follow-up messages to the ORIGINAL email ]

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:24:48AM -0600, Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct. wrote: > Please see the original email (further down) sent yesterday to the list. > > Would someone like to explain how my ORIGINAL email to the Debian List > turned into the following: I saw your original mail (of which yo

[debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct.
Please see the original email (further down) sent yesterday to the list. Would someone like to explain how my ORIGINAL email to the Debian List turned into the following: On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:17:27PM +0200, Martin Marcher wrote: > > Hello, > > > > the debian mailing lists use the per RFC

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:17:27PM +0200, Martin Marcher wrote: > Hello, > > the debian mailing lists use the per RFC[1] suggested headers for > mailing lists, i attached them below, my suggestion is to use the > List-ID header and bug other mailing list admins wherever possible to > use that head

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Martin Marcher
Hello, the debian mailing lists use the per RFC[1] suggested headers for mailing lists, i attached them below, my suggestion is to use the List-ID header and bug other mailing list admins wherever possible to use that header, it is the most reliable source to filter mailinglist As I am subscribe

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-10 Thread Yann Lejeune
On 2007/07/10-09:27(-0600), Ted Hilts wrote : > I don't seem to have a way of filtering the Debian List email from non > Debian email because of this > insistence of the Debian List to use "Re" at the beginning of the > subject. All debian lists insert special hearders in email posted to the list.

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-10 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:27:37AM -0600, Ted Hilts wrote: > > The point here is that it would be nice as well as professional if one > could automatically filter and view email according to a single > convention which most of the other lists have done. In my view, using > "Re subject" when "subj

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-10 Thread Edward Pasek
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 09:27 -0600, Ted Hilts wrote: > I get hundreds of email a day including email from the Debian List. > > Nearly all other Linux lists use square brackets to enclose a meaningful > word for the list identification. Most everyone in the world uses "Re", > "Re ", or "Re:" which

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-10 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Andrew. Andrew Saunders, 10.07.2007 17:40: > On 7/10/07, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't seem to have a way of filtering the Debian List email from non >> Debian email because of this > > Filter based on the "from" address, as opposed to the message subject. You mean the "T

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-10 Thread Andrew Saunders
On 7/10/07, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't seem to have a way of filtering the Debian List email from non Debian email because of this Filter based on the "from" address, as opposed to the message subject. Cheers, -- Andrew Saunders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

[debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-10 Thread Ted Hilts
I get hundreds of email a day including email from the Debian List. Nearly all other Linux lists use square brackets to enclose a meaningful word for the list identification. Most everyone in the world uses "Re", "Re ", or "Re:" which is fine when the subject is prefixed with "[List-ID]". I don'