list subject options

[Michael Mansour]

> >> List Managers,
> >>
> >> I stared hard at my mailscanner-beta options on your Mailman webpage,
> >> thinking that I could modify my Subject line for the list to be
> >> like:
> >>
> >> Subject: [MS-beta] whatever...
> >>
> >> I checked the administrative interface of my own Mailman setup
> >> (v2.1.8) and realized that subject_prefix setting seems to be an
> >> admin-only thing.  Hmmm...  I would like to be able to tell the
> >> difference between mailscanner and mailscanner-beta list postings in
> >> the subject line.
> >
> > I guess I second Jeff's request here. Mailman supports it and on  
> > all the lists
> > I run I use that feature. In my situation, I have a dedicated email  
> > account
> > which receives mailing lists, most mailing lists prefix the subject  
> > while
> > others don't.
> >
> > The ones that don't are annoying (but the list maangers won't  
> > change it aka
> > Red Hat), but prefixing the subject line is done by others and it  
> > makes it
> > easier for users to filter them out into folders etc.
> 
> I don't understand why people think they can only filter on the  
> subject line? Surely you keep your list mail in separate mailboxes? 
> I  hate to think what I would do if it all landed  in my Inbox!

Arrghh.. I can't believe you just said that Julian. I am subscribed to over 50
mailing lists (that's my contrib to the Opensource community), and many
forums. I know Axel Thimm (atrpms.net) is subscribed and monitors over 250
mailing lists (that's his contrib), all done through filtering keywords and
the magic of procmail.

I'd hate to imagine having so many email accounts :)

In my case, filtering by subject is the best way.

Michael.