Re: Abolish [xxx] Subject Prefix Tags

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--On Saturday, August 2, 2025 04:19 +0200 Carsten Bormann
<cabo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Aug 2, 2025, at 00:57, Michael De Roover <ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> 
>> my MUAs do not always show me List-Id. […] Apple Mail does not.
> 
> It sure does if you want:
> Settings ➔ Viewing ➔ Show message headers: Custom…
> 
> Unfortunately, the content of that field is ridiculously long, so
> it takes too much screen real-estate:
> 
> List-Id: "IETF-Discussion. This is the most general IETF mailing
> list, intended for discussion of technical, procedural,
> operational, and other topics for which no dedicated mailing lists
> exist." <ietf.ietf.org>
> 
> I don't think I'll keep the setting that shows it.
> 
> This discussion is yet another instance of "I don't know how to
> use X and I cannot imagine how I would use X so X must be destroyed
> for everyone" noise.  Clearly, there are people who get good use
> out of [xxx], and if anything it should be reenabled on the lists
> where it isn't.

It may also be an argument for keeping list names (or the tage they
generate) short, which the IETF usually manages to do.

Can we get "[ietf]" for this list?  :-)

best,
   john





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