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Re: How about creating som more lists and relieve misc@ of some traffic.



On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Jan Johansson wrote:

> This can be a very bad idea, I have seen examples of subjects like
> Sv:Re:[list]Re:[List]Sv:[List] and the subjects go of the screen. I
> would suggest you instead sort on To: or get a mail client that can do
> threading or color on To:. I know that mutt, pine and Pegasus Mail can
> do this.

I agree.  Since you can sort on things other than the subject line,
modifying someone else's mail isn't necessary. BTW, A more reliable method
for filtering mail is to check the Sender: header. For misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org,
the sender is:

Sender: owner-misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org

Benjamin Karas
bjk4_(_at_)_po_(_dot_)_cwru_(_dot_)_edu
Tippit 430E; 216.754.2004





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