Feature Requests item #1104433, was opened at 2005-01-18 04:44 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by scratchmonkey You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350103&aid=1104433&group_id=103 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 3 Private: No Submitted By: Ross Golder (rossigee) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Configurable per-user/per-subscription subject prefix Initial Comment: I've had a request from a list member who would like us to add a subject prefix to all the lists on our server (mail.gnome.org), as his mail client can't do any kind of automatic filtering. We are obviously reluctant to change the status quo, as many people (e.g. PDA/mobile users) would then respond asking us to remove them. Instead, I decided to file this feature request to make it (per-subscription) configurable. It would have one of three possible values; use the default list setting, override on or override off. This would allow users to please themselves, and in some cases overcome problems caused by limitations in their mailclient. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Kenneth Porter (scratchmonkey) Date: 2008-02-19 16:03 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=29401 Originator: NO Nothing seems to have happened with this in the last 3 years. I just saw this conflict come up again on the Subversion mailing list, and it seems to come up regularly on any list that has the prefixes disabled (my personal preference). Before I start looking at the code, are there any design constraints that argue against implementing this, or implementing it in a particular way? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Ross Golder (rossigee) Date: 2005-01-19 00:43 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=20872 Some lists use prefixes, some don't. Some users that subscribe to many lists want consistency, but we don't want to have to determine and enforce a site-wide policy and deal with all the ensuing arguments. This feature shifts the decision from the list/site managers to the individuals users. Basic headache prevention. The main argument for prefixes seems to be 'I can quickly identify what the mail is about in my inbox', where users haven't got or don't use their client's header filtering features. The main argument against prefixes seems to be 'I just get a screenful of list prefixes when I try to view my list folders', where users are trying to use mail clients in a low screen resolution (e.g. old VGA screen, palm/PDA device, mobile phone, small desktop window whatever). Sorry for misfiling it. Haven't used SF for a while - forgot that feature requests and bugs aren't mixed like in bugzilla. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Tokio Kikuchi (tkikuchi) Date: 2005-01-18 18:45 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=67709 This should be submitted as Feature Request. BTW, many mailing list users are happy with subject prefixes. Why not GNOME users? ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350103&aid=1104433&group_id=103