[BLU] Re: [BLU]

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Greg Galperin wrote:

> Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > I also sort by thread, and the other lists that do this sort very nicely:
> > Subj 1:[BLU] .....
> > Subj 2-n:Re:[BLU] ...
> >
> > In any case it is a moot point because there are too many objections.
>
>
> Many of the objections seem to be that adding [BLU] at the beginning
> removes 5 precious characters from their display of the subject line.
>
> Could this be solved by putting [BLU] at the *end* of the subject
> line, so that mail filters have the text they need to match, no
> fewer characters from the real subject line are displayed, and in most
> cases (when the subject is shorter than their subject field) the [BLU]
> identifier shows up for people to see too?

I don't see the point.  As discussed, almost any MUA, and certainly
procmail, is capable of filtering on the existing headers.  The point was
that some of us don't want yet another folder to look for new mail in, yet
want the BLU mail to stand out from the rest of /var/spool/mail/$USER.
That's why I have procmail put that in the subject of incoming BLU mail.
Ususally I remember to strip it out on replies.  Sometimes I don't.

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