On 04/03/2010 20:59, Timo Sirainen wrote:
Do you think I'd break a lot of people's filters if I removed the prefix? :) Anyone strongly for/against removing it? It seems kind of annoying to me whenever I happen to think about it.
Doesn't bother me, but I have a feeling that at least some of the older M$ email clients cannot easily filter messages based on header fields, subject filters are the simplest options for them.
Certainly I would say that it's currently still the status quo that mailing lists have subject prefixes, so you are slightly going against the flow. You could test the backlash by sending out a small number of warning messages without the subject prefix and see who complains...
I would suggest it might be an over-bold move given that it changes the requirement to understand your filtering LDA from beginner to intermediate, but personally not fussed since my rules all filter on list headers... (Presumably all those who rate "black belt" on their relevant LDA have already got filtering rules to remove the prefix...)
Good luck
Ed W