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Re: ONT Administrative Request




Jim,

The human-readable "name" portion of an email "Address Specification" is 
distinct from the "addr-spec" portion. Only the addr-spec is used for 
routing mail. Thus, people should only write filters to key off the email 
address and not the ignored name portion. See 
<http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc822/#z8> for definitive details.


If I could make a request, I would very, very much like to get rid of the 
"ONT" and "SUO:" tags injected into the subject lines. They are an 
unmitigated disaster for sorting and grouping messages by subject. The fact 
that different mailers insert their "Re:" into different places (i.e., 
either before or after that tag) and the fact that these variations combine 
upon repeated replying makes for highly fragmented topic threads.


Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 09:43 2001-08-01, Schoening, James R CECOM DCSC4I wrote:

>SUO and Ontology List Subscribers,
>
>         This is a friendly request for subscribers to properly name these 
> two lists in their address books.  This informs subscribers which list 
> your postings are going to, which sometimes matters.
>
>Jim Schoening