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Title : List-Id: A Structured Field and Namespace for
the Identification of Mailing Lists
Author(s) : R. Chandhok, G. Wenger
Filename : draft-chandhok-listid-02.txt
Pages : 5
Date : 21-Oct-98
Software that handles electronic mailing list messages (servers
and user agents) needs a way to reliably identify messages that
belong to a particular mailing list. With the advent of list
management headers [RFC2369] it has become even more important
to provide an identifier to use to identify a mailing list
regardless of the particular host that serves as the list
processor at any given time.
The List-Id header provides a standard location for such an
identifier. In addition, a namespace for list identifiers
based on fully qualified domain names is described. This
namespace is intended to guarantee uniqueness for list owners
who require it, while allowing for a less rigorous namespace
for experimental and personal use.
By including the List-Id field, list servers can make it easier
for mail clients to provide automated tools for users to
perform list functions. The list identifier can serve as a key
to make many automated processing tasks easier, and hence more
widely available.
The key words ''MUST'', ''MUST NOT'', ''REQUIRED'', ''SHALL'',
''SHALL NOT'', ''SHOULD'', ''SHOULD NOT'', ''RECOMMENDED'',
''MAY'', and ''OPTIONAL'' in this document are to be
interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
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