The reason I'd appreciate a subject tag is that I use rmail for my mail. While I inc my mail through a spam filter to start up, as I get incoming during the day I just read it as it comes in. I subject like tag allows me, the human, to easily tell what is Dragaera and what is spam. > >Subject is not the best thing to use for sorting the messages into > >separate folders. You should use the List-Id: header.=20 > > If my email client allowed me to sort on random headers I'd certainly do > that. Alas, it's an imperfect world and what's correct seldom coincides = > with > what's practical.=20 > > In any case, the problem is not entirely with my email client. My spam > filter is also involved in the problem and it doesn't know anything = > about > "optional" headers. The only rules I can set there are based on the > "standard" from, to, and subject headers.=20 > > As for sorting based on the To: field, I already do this. If it was > sufficient, well, I wouldn't have made the original request. No solution > involving headers is going to catch off-list replies and these happen > frequently given that the list messages use the sender's email address = > as > the Reply-To header. > > If it's a religious issue then there's little point in discussing it. = > I'm > sure the list owners have their reasons for wanting things a certain = > way. > >