[Fedora] about mail

[Tim]

On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 10:23 +0800, xinyou yan wrote:
> I suggest we put [Fedora] in subject .So we can find the mail for the list .

I suggest we don't.

We have more than enough headers (To, X-BeenThere, Reply-To, List-Id) in
the messages for any *decent* mail client to identify this lists mail
apart from other message.  You can then use *your* client to do what you
like with this lists mail (flag it, colour it, filter it into another
mail folder, et cetera).

We have limited space in most mail clients to show the actual subject
line, and it doesn't need shrinking, any further, by shoving in
redundant text.

We end up with subject lines that have multiple [whatsits] in them, when
it comes to replies, as different mail servers and clients stuff up
inserting things in bad places.

e.g.  [Fedora] Re: [Fedora] Re: [Fedora] I dunno how do to do list mail

It breaks threading on (bad mail) clients that see any change to the
subject line as being a new thread.

Standard answer applies:  If your mail client is inadequate with what is
a basic function of handling mailing lists, you need a better one,
rather than mess things up for everyone else.  Though, seeing as you've
posted using a gmail address, I would have thought that it'd have all
the features you needed to handle list mail in various special ways.
Start looking through your configuration options, and help guides.

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[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i586

Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
read messages from the public lists.