From:	p DOT dalgaard AT biostat DOT ku DOT dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Subject:	Re: Small request...
15 Apr 1998 23:38:36 -0700 :
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To:	"jimen AT adtech-inc DOT com" <jimen AT adtech-inc DOT com>
Cc:	"gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Jimen Ching <jimen AT adtech-inc DOT com> writes:

> I see many people opposing these requests, but I have yet to see a good
> reason why it shouldn't be done.  Just because there are alternatives doesn't
> mean it is a bad idea.  Second of all, filtering on 'Sender', 'To' and/or
> 'CC' doesn't always work because some people use aliases for the mailing
> list address.  If you filter gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, you will miss these
> messages.  Adding a keyword in the subject line in all messages distributed
> by the mailing list will guarantee that the filter will trap it.
> 
> Why is it bad to 'bung up' the subject line?  What's so special about a
> subject line that you shouldn't 'bung it up'?

Point one: 

        ("mail.gnuwin32" "^Return-Path: <.*gnu-win32.*@cygnus.com>")

has filtered all list traffic correctly for months. And the wildcards
haven't been necessary since last September. (It switched from
gnu-win-owner32 to owner-gnu-win32 at that point in time).

Point two: 

Several mail agents use a layout like the following
!  [  62: Jan-Jaap van der Hei] Re: [ANNOUNCE] mingw32 GCC 2.8.0 based toolcha

Now imagine what happens if the subject line starts with
 
[GNUWIN32] Re: [GNUWIN32] Re: [GNUWIN32] Re: [ANNOUNCE] Humble mumble 

All we'll see is

[GNUWIN32] Re: [GNUWIN32] Re: [GNUWIN32] Re:

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   O__  ---- Peter Dalgaard             Blegdamsvej 3  
  c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics     2200 Cph. N   
 (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen   Denmark      Ph: (+45) 35327918
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