Request to reconfigure the list with [xorg] in subject line

[tom at dbservice.com]

Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:18:38PM +0000, Igor Mozolevsky wrote:
>> On 03/12/2007, Alan W. Irwin <irwin at beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote:
>>> The reason why I ask for [xorg] (or any other appropriate short unique
>>> descriptor) in the subject line is it makes it much easier to sort out this
>>> list traffic from other lists I am subscribed to. This is a pretty standard
>>> convention that most lists use, and I would very much appreciate it if this
>>> list was configured to follow that convention as well.
>> isn't there something in the RFCs about mangling headers?..
>
> It breaks RE: processing, for example.
>

I haven't seen that happen in a long time. Most mailinglists don't  
prepend the prefix if the subject starts with Re: and the prefix is  
right after that, eg.
Subject: Re: [compiz] object framework design.

tom