Personally, I'd like to have [] as well, but I've recently been educated on the opposing point of view - and I concede that your personal workflow determines what you prefer - and, it's all preferences at the end of the day (no right or wrong answer). My personal workflow would benefit from [], Phil's wouldn't, there's not really much more to say about that.
A possible compromise? - [clj] It's short, so it doesn't take up as much space for mobile readers, and it's enough to note it's from a mailing list. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Jim - FooBar(); <jimpil1...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 18/06/12 11:50, Lee Spector wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2012, at 3:02 AM, Tassilo Horn wrote: > > There's really no need to obscure subjects. For all your filtering > needs, there's the List-ID header: > > List-ID: <clojure.googlegroups.com> > > Here's a SIEVE snippet you can install somehow to your IMAP server to > move messages to this list to some special group. (Most providers have a > web GUI for easily writing such rules.) > > Sigh. > > I believe that the OP's interest (certainly mine in supporting him) was to > have the list identified in the subject line so that we can see it, with our > eyeballs, in the subject lines, in interfaces that list messages by subject. > Like we can do with most other mailing lists, since including list names in > subject lines is a pretty widely adopted practice. We know full well that the > source of the message is available elsewhere in the header, and that this can > be used to move messages (as I do for mail from various other lists, etc.), > but the point isn't to move messages -- it is to have the list name actually > in the subject. Depending on how you read your mail this can be handy. > > If most people are reading their email on tiny devices and the extra > characters are really a hassle then fine, but all of these replies about ways > to move messages are irrelevant. > > Sean Corfield's idea of using AppleScript to actually change the subject > lines automatically IS to the point, although its almost comically > complicated and this isn't a big enough deal for me to resort to that sort of > duct tape and glue (although I appreciate the effort and the cleverness of > the approach!). > > -Lee > > > > > I do agree... every other mailing list I've subscribed to does this...even > [ccw] does this...I was wondering a long time ago why this group doesn't do > it...Personally I've learnt to filter clojure discussions by the *absence*of > subject-line!!! > > Jim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
