Hi,
Because most other lists (for example, Sourceforge) add [prefixes] to emails, that make it easier - for me at least - to filter emails by list in Gmail and other mail clients.
I'm currently subscribed to the following lists that use [prefixes]:
[shorewall-users] [openvpn-users] [openvpn-devel] [lartc] [snort-users]
I filter groups based on, eg the To: or List-Id: header. this is very easy to do and saves a nice amount of subject line so I can read more subject and less mailing list identity. I used to prefer the list name in the subject...but since then I've swung over to prefering using MY filtering rather than rely on subject lines
I agree about losing half the subject line to said headers, but to be honest it's not much point knowing more of the subject line if you have no idea what list it's from!
I'd disagree. I often slip into reading some random but interesting email due to the subject line - of lists that I dont filter and would normally mass delete at the end of the month due to no reading time. alan