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Re: ONT Administrative Request




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Randall R Schulz wrote:
> 
> 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

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I 2nd that e-motion.

Jon Awbrey

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