Re: lkml subject line

[Eli Carter <eli.carter@inet.com>]

Kai Henningsen wrote:
> 
> matti.aarnio@zmailer.org (Matti Aarnio)  wrote on 12.02.01 in <20010212133324.B15688@mea-ext.zmailer.org>:
> 
> > On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:20:40AM +0000, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > > Dear all (and list maintainers in particular)
> > >
> > > Wouldn't it be a good idea to prepend all lkml subjects with [LKML] like
> > > many other lists do to distinguish lkml messages from the rest.
> >
> >   NO!
> 
> Indeed. What a bad idea that would be.
> 
> >   If you want to pre-filter messages traveling thru  linux-kernel  list,
> >   all you need to do is to check the content of   Return-Path:  header.
> 
> On the other hand, that's also not a very good scheme. There *is* a good
> way to do this, and it would be really nice if vger could be taught to do
> it: add a List-Id: header (draft-chandhok-listid-04.txt RFC-to-be,
> implemented in lots of mailing list managers already).

Have you looked at the headers in an LK email?

Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List:         linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Should provide that List-Id you want.

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