[GNC] Addition of Mailing List Subject Prefix

[Adrien Monteleone]

I do the same.

I’ve noticed though that despite Mailman being set not to deliver duplicates if you are also in the To or CC fields, it does so anyway. I think it was Geert who did that as a test a few weeks back and I got two copies, one got filed (the list copy) and the other stayed in my inbox. (the one direct from him) I think the problem there is the list is going to send you at least one copy, but the individual sending the mail is including you in a To or CC field, which gets handled by their client and their mail provider - not the list. Thus there are still two independent routes.

So I usually remove the personal addresses and move the list address up.

While the tag it’s no skin off my nose, it is a tad annoying. It’s now visual clutter I have to filter out. (despite that I bother to filter the messages into their own folder) I can see how cross-posted messages would turn into tag soup if every list followed this behavior.

And the real stickler for me on the whole topic, is this was added because some people don’t want to be bothered to configure their own mail client properly or don’t know how. (not to mention, it was added very quickly, even after the initial requestor withdrew the request!)

I’ve yet to see the very few who like or asked for this change to give us an example of a mail client that can’t filter, tag or otherwise identify list mail.

That’s my 2¢, or $1 factoring for inflation.

Regards,
Adrien

p.s. - I wonder what will happen to some people’s threadings if I manually remove that [GNC] tag in the subject line after “Re:” ?? Certainly, a good mail client will thread off the message-id, but that’s not always the case. Will Mailman add it back?

> On Apr 10, 2018, at 4:53 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2018, Dale Alspach wrote:
> 
>> Question for those who want the [GNC] prefix: Would having the email from
>> be from the list (gnucash-user at gnucash.org) instead of the user (original
>> sender) serve as well?
> 
> Dale,
> 
>  Doesn't matter to me, in most cases. When I reply to a message that has
> both the sender's address and the list alpine puts the sender's address on
> the To: line and the list address on the Cc: line. Before sending I delete
> the former and move the latter up.
> 
>  There are times when a response to the individual rather than the list is
> appropriate. This is when the response is off the thread and is either off
> the mail list topic or is of a personal nature. Having both addresses
> availalbe accommodates all situations.
> 
>> This would also help with the "remember to reply to the list" issue.
>> Reply, Reply-all, Reply-list would include the list address. I believe the
>> mailing list software would still put the original sender address in the
>> headers so that an off-list reply would be possible.
> 
>  When I respond to a message, such as this one, alpine asks me if I want to
> respond to all. My fingers default to 'yes.' Often, both the sender and the
> list are on the header and I adjust as desired, usually removing the
> sender's address as they get a copy from the list in any case.
> 
>  All mail lists prefer threads to remain on the list so that future readers
> can see the entire thread.
> 
>  I admit to not seeing where having [GNC] as a subject line prefix is
> harmful to any list subscriber; perhaps that's because it is not an issue
> for me either way.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rich
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