From:	leroy AT norland DOT com (Todd LeRoy)
Subject:	~DJ Header re-writing (fwd)
To:	djgpp AT norland DOT com
Date:	Wed, 10 May 95 10:01:18 CDT

Forwarded message:
> The volume of messages on the DJGPP list is very high compared to many
> lists, but it is impossible to filter it for delayed processing since
> each message claims to come from the originator rather than from the list.
> Would it be acceptable to the majority of readers of/contributors to
> this list if either (and preferably) the `reply-to' field were re-written
> as the address of the list, or (poorer alternative) the `Subject: ' field
> were re-written as `Subject: DJGPP (<original subject>)'; in either case
> receiving sites could then easily identify the mail as pertaining to
> DJGPP and therefore deal with it specially.
> 
> 					Philip Taylor, RHBNC.
> 
I'm not sure what Philip means by "delayed processing", buy depending upon
what he would like to accomplish, there are some alternatives.  Currently,
we have subscriptions to several lists coming to our site (including the
djgpp list).  These come into a common mailing list here, which we then
redistribute to our local subscribers, thereby reducing overall internet
traffic.  I'm sure that many other sites are probably doing something
similar.  On this end, we run incoming mail to each of these lists through
some simple filters which clean up some of the junk in the headers, and
rewrite the subject line to add a prefix.  Then, using most mail readers
you can sort by subject, and all of the djgpp list stuff will sort together,
etc.

Hope this helps.
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               Todd LeRoy
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E-Mail:        leroy AT norland DOT com
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