On 20 April 2010 14:57, Chris Hegarty <chris.hega...@oracle.com> wrote: > Brad, > > Sorry to chime in late, but would it make server side rules/filtering > simpler if we added the mailing list name in the subject line? > > The reason I ask is that since moving to a new mail server I can no longer > create filters on the 'sender' ( or any other more exotic ) headers. This > makes filtering a real pain for messages coming from the openjdk mailing > lists. If the mailing list name was in the subject line... Of course I would > need all the mailing lists I'm subscribed to to do the same. > > -Chris. > > Brad Wetmore wrote: >> >> Looking for opinions as to whether the current subject line format of >> the security-...@o.j.n emails is useful: >> >> Subject: [security-dev 01800]: The Real subject. >> >> I note a lot of the client (e.g. sounds, swing) lists have just the list >> name, and a lot of the server lists (e.g. tl, hotspot) don't have >> either. security-dev is the only one doing both the list name and the >> message number. It's not as useful as I originally thought when I >> configured it, but I could be talked into it either way. >> >> If you have an opinion, especially for keeping it the same, let me know >> privately, no need to clutter everyone's email. But I'm thinking I may >> just remove the topic/number. If I see a clear/obvious preference for >> keeping one or both, I'll certainly take that into consideration. >> >> Thanks, >> Brad >> security-dev admin >> >> >
I think the mailing list name is useful and is used by a number of other lists; with the number of OpenJDK lists, it's nice to be able to see at a glance which one a mail was sent to. I've never seen any use for the number. Indeed, I didn't even know what it meant until this thread. -- Andrew :-) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net PGP Key: 94EFD9D8 (http://subkeys.pgp.net) Fingerprint: F8EF F1EA 401E 2E60 15FA 7927 142C 2591 94EF D9D8
