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Can we have the Subject: line modified to help mail filters?

April 26, 2017filters help line mail modified Subject

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Can we have the Subject: line modified to help mail filters?

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• (REG) The usual proposition is that a string like [LINUX-KERNEL] is prepended to the subject line. This question has been raised many times before, and the answer has always been “no” or “there are better ways to filter email”. The majority of the developers, and all (?) of the list maintainers take this position. Some of the reasons are: • It would increase the size of the Subject: line. This is a problem, as it limits the amount of useful information that can be seen in the Subject: line, making it harder to scan through a list of subject lines looking for interesting subjects. • It can lead to the Subject: line from hell, since some mailers and users don’t behave sanely. Imagine the following: RE: [LINUX-KERNEL] Re: [LINUX-KERNEL] RE: [LINUX-KERNEL] Re: [LINUX-KERNEL] Critical security flaw in 2.666.0 That’s a lot of characters. The useful information will very likely be lost due to line truncation. • It doesn’t work for cross-posted messages, as the subject line for a single emai