From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 20:51:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1482416A403 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:51:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from speedtoys.racing@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A6413C45E for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:51:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from speedtoys.racing@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so354620wra for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:51:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=i5bEuQioE4K1ZfybRHshiOTg8/a08AwAlq/Uyc5Gw6JZ4J5Dn9JmzokKgHzUHQpT9rwo8BjtEenYyG7hFioBw0EtFveEW4bZAcvcZVByOY5ERZzRMQj+PSt+wBnbiUa/MlrpgRxLIlkuiqNJV2F8YIdBfYxFA94ASw0lak/dCbI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=qhD1qyW0cPO5Kcq6X8VnJQCw5Qi9mzDsXoo/UB16s0jRk6i3ZeorMDv8Hme3Qhh9xBzHzXAPBPooVCSZ6DKgAT2hQ2QbCKuMypXPy6FteiMD29A0BFsEydUXP4i+5HmueBifQaHHiu8dyDu+UyxjWCWgoO569jGA9k8lIRV3GzY= Received: by 10.78.18.3 with SMTP id 3mr293926hur.1177534312280; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:51:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.21.13 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:51:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:51:52 -0700 From: "Jeff Mohler" To: "Alex Zbyslaw" In-Reply-To: <462F5D64.4020105@dial.pipex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <294439d20704250627h60a5b5dcx49f4dd6b34c2caa1@mail.gmail.com> <462F5D64.4020105@dial.pipex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Amarendra Godbole , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:51:55 -0000 I dont think subject tagging is poor at all. whats poor is overly long poorly organized subject lines..but hey..[FBSDQ] aint all that long. On 4/25/07, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > > Amarendra Godbole wrote: > > > I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to > > visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it > > possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], > > or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually > > classified? > > > > Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a > > discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone > > inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! > > All messages are already tagged with a List-ID > > e.g. > > List-Id: User questions > > Can gmail not filter on that? > > Visual tagging of subject lines is a poor solution. Either you tag at > the front > > "[fbsd-questions] Really long subject line that gets truncated even > earlier thanks to the tag" > > or at the end > > "Really long subject line where the tag disappears in a haze of ... > [fbsd-questions]" > > Neither of which is satisfactory, and for most people with sensible > email environments that can filter of Header lines, an unnecessary > inconvenience. > > Not to mention the question of how on earth you co-ordinate unique tags > across mailing lists. Since the List-ID isn't constrained by length it > can contain the email address of the list, which is already unique. > > If you can't filter on the List-ID then filter on To and Cc lines which > contain questions@freebsd.org or freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Not as > good, but it would do. > > --Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >