In a message dated 11/29/2002 10:16:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Davis, Iain E." <feaelin at kemenel.org> writes: > ...perhaps I missed a key item here. Is there a way (as > defined in the relevant RFCs) for a message header to > indicate that a) the message in question is a list message > and b) discriminate between the real sender of the message, > and the list-sender? So that a "standard compliant" mail > client could provide a mechanism (button, key, menu option, > voice command, whatever interface you prefer) that you > could acurrately select your target (individual, the list, > both, etc.) with a single click/keypress/command? > > That would certainly change my viewpoint. :) I'd like to point out that Usenet solved all these problems decades ago, as well as several issues that haven't been mentioned here (spoiler protection, quoting styles[1], REAL threading...). Speaking just for myself, I would be overjoyed if this discussion were moved to a newsgroup somewhere. Does anyone know what resources are neccessary for a non-propagating newsserver like sff.net has? Or better yet, what needs to be done to get Mr. Brust a newsgroup over there (like Patrick and Teresa have[2])? [1] I have a really hard time following discussions when people put new material at the top or use a really funky quote style like those rows of asterisks. [2] news://news.sff.net/sff.people.pnh-tnh --KG