At 8:50 AM -0500 2/12/01, David Kelly is rumored to have typed:
Is it possible to stop the repeated addition of RE:[listname] to the front of the subject title everytime it is answered? just leaving one? (even with all my reminders people still forget to get rid of them!!)
Yes; check the FAQ for a recipe that will do what you want (you want to only re-munge the Subject: header if [listname] doesn't appear in it already...trivial, really). However, I would _strongly_ suggest you reconsider munging the subject field in the first place. There is absolutely NO REASON to add that annoying [listname] nonsense, since EVERY mail client worth its salt can filter on any of the other header fields, including the X-Mailing-List: header field added by SmartList as a default (I assume you're not removing that one, yes?). Any mail client that cannot filter on any header field (I can think offhand of only one so brain-damaged) shouldn't be used. This munge is ONLY requested by people too lazy to read their mail client's manual and understand how easily they can filter their mail using other header fields. (My goodness, I remember using Eudora on a Mac SE-30 that could filter based on varying header fields! I currently use a version of Eudora from 1997 which handily filters on anything, even the body.) Consider educating your users instead of dumbing-down your list unnecessarily, and making it appear less professional than it could otherwise look. Much like the also-annoying Reply-To: munge, it's unnecessary at best, and damaging at worst (as you've discovered). Charlie (who is curmudgeonly pureist on this issue)