full-disclosure - Subject prefix changing! READ THIS! SURVEY!!

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From: mail at bebold.de (Bernhard Seibold)
Subject: Subject prefix changing! READ THIS! SURVEY!!

It would be great if everybody could decide that on his/her own, but
if it's not possible to implement that, i vote #2 :)

Thursday, August 21, 2003, 7:43:02 PM, you wrote:

CC> Hey folks,

CC> ALL LIST MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND AND MAKE A CHOICE AS TO HOW
CC> THEY WANT THIS BASIC FUNCTION OF THE LIST TO CONTINUE OPERATING. 

CC> The subject header is going to change.

CC> This is a survey to see whether people want:

CC> 1. To have no subject prefix, that is, we remove [Full-Disclosure]
CC> or
CC> 2. To shorten the subject prefix from [Full-Disclosure] to [FD]
CC> or 
CC> 3. Do nothing

CC> 1. The first choice is preferable for me and, I would hope, for most folks. 
CC> Len says he didn't really want it when he started the list anyways.  So we are
CC> actually going to change it now.

CC> 2. Choice two may be preferable for people who can only filter their incoming
CC> messages based on the subject prefix.  So, if you WANT there to continue
CC> to be a subject prefix, SPEAK UP!!!

CC> 3. Choice three sucks and if anyone wants this SPEAK UP so we know just
CC> how many people want this.  This is the least preferrable as it clutters
CC> the Subject header and makes the list harder to read through for those of us
CC> using a text based e-mail client.

CC> For those of you using procmail or a compatible filter, a good match
CC> for Full-Disclosure that relies on headers you will always see in
CC> list messages goes like this:

CC> :0:
CC> * ^Sender.*full-disclosure-admin@...ts\.netsys\.com
CC> full-disclosure

CC> That matches this header:

CC> Sender: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com

CC> Alternately, you can tell your Pegasus/Mozilla/Outlook/OE/Whatever
CC> to match on this header.

-- 
Best regards,
 Bernhard                            mailto:mail@...old.de