Dragaera

A request for a list tag in the subject

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Tue Mar 15 09:10:09 PST 2005

Grady Brandt <gbrandt at Tampabayfederal.com> writes:

> Just to add my pointless currency to the pot...
> Oh, and sorry for the inline responses, but since I'm responding to several
> emails at once it feels more appropriate this way.
>
>> From: Steve Simmons [mailto:scs at di.org]
>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 03:58:26PM -0800, Scott Schultz wrote:
>> > Subject: [DRAGAERA] If Vlad fought Batman, who would win?
>> 
>> I would much rather NOT have this.  Subject lines are short enough that
>> we don't need to suck up 11 characters just to indicate what's in the
>> To: field.
>
> Except you'll note that it isn't always in the To: field. Often, it's in the
> CC: field, and theoretically it could be in the Bcc: field (though I'm not
> sure the list software would take that very seriously). Neither of those
> last two are visible in my accustomed view of my mail.

The list address can't be in BCC:; such a message would be rejected. 
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