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Subject: RE: (MJ) tag prefix on each subject line
From: Peter Bowyer <pbowyer @ verity . com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 17:14:45 -0000
To: "'majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com'" <majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com>

Agreed, please don't do that.

Peter

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>From: 	Rich Pieri[SMTP:rich.pieri@prescienttech.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, April 9, 1997 4:20 PM
>To: 	majordomo-users@greatcircle.com
>Subject: 	Re: (MJ) tag prefix on each subject line
>
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>>>>>> "LW" == Larry Williamson <larry@mitra.com> writes:
>
>LW> Some of the lists that I am on put a nice little prefix on the
>LW> subject.  This is a great aid when previewing 100 new messages in
>LW> one's inbox in the morning.
>
>These tags are the second most annoying 'feature' of Majordomo and mailing
>lists in general, after Reply-To headers pointing back at the mailing list.
>Most modern MUAs have means of sorting messages based on easilly
>configurable criteria.  Every message that goes through a Majordomo mailing
>list has a Sender mailbox unique to that list.  Sort all your list mail
>based on the contents of the Sender header and you will always get your
>list mail in the correct folder.
>
>Just FYI I average over 400 pieces of mail every day during the week (drops
>off to a bit over 250 on weekends :) and have no problems splitting my
>lists into the correct mailboxes.
>
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>-- 
>Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@prescienttech.com> | Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid
>Prescient Technologies, Inc.              | core, which, if exposed due to
>A Stone & Webster Company                 | rupture, should not be touched,
>I speak for myself, not PTI or SWEC       | inhaled, or looked at.
>

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