Re: Better mailing list interface?

[Pawel Salek <pawsa TheoChem kth se>]

On 2002.08.30 13:56 Toralf Lund wrote:
> I was just looking through all my "mailing list" mailboxes (where 
> messages are stored via MDA filters), in order to recall what exactly 
> I'm subscribed to, possibly upgrade subscriptions, delete som eold 
> stuff etc., and was just thinking:
> 
> 1) Wouldn't it be nice to have some kind of GUI based on headers like 
> List-Help, List-(un)subscribe and List-Archive? I'm thinking in terms 
> of Message/Popup menu entries "Unsubscribe from List", "Display 
> Help", "Search Archives" etc. that would simply call the URL handler 
> with the http: address from the appropriate header, or open a 
> send-message window based on mailto: entry.

Sure, it is cool idea. These headers are actually standarized. Have a 
look at  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2369.txt for the syntax description 
and other details.

Pawel