These list headers are now on the Internet Standards track.  I suggest
that people have a look and let L-Soft know if you would like to have
them implemented in LISTSERV.  They provide an easy way for a list to
pass information to an email client about how to perform common
operations related to the list, such as unsubscribing or accessing the
list archives.  They sound like a good idea to me.

== Forwarded Mail ==

Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 17:22:43 -0600
To: [log in to unmask]
From: Grant Neufeld <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: The List- headers are now an RFC

This is a request for you to implement support for the List- header
fields defined in RFC2369. This will make mail list access easier for
your users.

  <ftp://nis.nsf.net//internet/documents/rfc/rfc2369.txt>

The List- fields provide you with a standard method by which you can
consistently describe your mailing lists' command syntax so that client
applications can implement an interface to make list access easier for
users.

As they are adopted and supported by email software developers, the List
header fields will make it easier for users to interact with email
lists.

The currently defined fields are List-Subscribe, List-Unsubscribe,
List-Help, List-Post, List-Owner and List-Archive. They describe
commands for subscribing, unsubscribing, retrieving help information,
posting to the list, contacting a human administrator and accessing
message archives.

As an example, for the list-managers list, the fields could be something like:

  List-Subscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]
    Body=subscribe%20list-managers>
  List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]
    Body=unsubscribe%20list-managers>
  List-Help: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  List-Post: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  List-Owner: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
  List-Archive: <http://www.greatcircle.com/list-managers/archive.html>,
    <ftp://ftp.greatcircle.com/pub/list-managers/archive/>,
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Implementation guidelines for list managers and administrators are
available at:

  <http://www.nisto.com/listspec/list-manager-intro.html>

Extended details on the List header fields are available from:

  <http://www.nisto.com/listspec/>

A mailing list for discussion is available at:

  <http://www.nisto.com/listspec/mail>
or
  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Information on the format of mailto URLs:

  <ftp://nis.nsf.net//internet/documents/rfc/rfc2368.txt>

Thanks!

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