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In article <819560963snz@wash.demon.co.uk>, John Washington
<john@wash.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>1. How do I get a mailing list to thread sensibly (i.e. by
>   subject) when every subject line starts "(SC22WG14 msg xxxx)"
>   before the actual topic?  The 'xxxx' is a unique message
>   number created by the reflector.

there's a lot to be said for "In-Reply-To:"

>2. I like to have 'unusual' header lines drawn to my attention,
>   but I don't want to see run-of-the-mill headers.  So a
>   line like "Summary:" or "X-Beer-Token:" is displayed for
>   me.  Whereas something like "X-Newsreader: Turnpike"
>   (congrats on how commonplace it's becoming!) is easily
>   concealed.

I'm not sure that I wish to encourage putting more and more material
into the header. The body is the place for jokes, and saves the poor
overworked MTAs from having to parse them.

You could probably say we were being hypocritical in putting in an 
X-Newsreader line; perhaps so; but we do put some identification in
there as well.

>3. I'm currently tinkering with my 'name'.  At first everything
>   went out from 'john' (unless I manually amended it) even if
>   it was a reply to mail to a different user (I have several
>   dozen 'users' at wash.demon, to keep track of different
>   mailing lists, support, etc).  Now I reply using the 'user'
>   that was addressed.  But even that is proving not as flexible
>   as I wish.  Eventually I'll have it to my taste.  For a
>   while.

This is designed in as standard - each mailbox or newsstand can have its
own personality as required.

>Would you want to
>tackle any of the above, Richard?

we were very keen on number 3.

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