Re: Best list for IETF last calls [was: Weekly posting summary for [e-mail]]

[Glen Zorn <[e-mail]>]

On 06/08/2013 02:52 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> Rule 1 for complex and divergent mail threads is to change the
> Subject header when the subject changes. If you don't do that,
> your mail is rather likely to get junked.
>
> I think that IETF last call threads should stay on the main IETF
> discussion list. That is exactly the right place for them.

Since I've requested (read "begged" ;-) for such threads to be moved to 
their own list on several occasions, I disagree again.

> It's rather trivial to filter them into a dedicated folder;
> I have one called 'lastcallsin', that also picks up most
> WG Last Call threads, although those have less standardised
> subject headers.

This would appear to work consistently only as long as 'Rule 1' above is 
not followed.

>
>     Brian
>
> On 08/06/2013 06:17, Juliao Braga wrote:
>> +1
>>
>> Em 07/06/2013 15:09, Ulrich Herberg escreveu:
>>> I like the idea of a separate list for last calls. It would not solve
>>> the issue of noise for all of us (and not reduce the overall amount of
>>> emails), but it would separate general discussions from IETF LCs. I
>>> have IETF emails filtered by mailing list into different IMAP folders,
>>> and thus a separation could be useful for me.
>>>
>>> Ulrich
>>