>> >Subject: Message ("Your mailing for PACS-L has been submitted to the...")
>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> [...]
>> I don't feel this Subject: line very useful. I can't figure which mailing
>> it is about.
>
>See the highlighted phrase above. It includes the name of the
>mailing list in the text of the subject line.
>
I did see this phrase before posting my question.
But what I meant was : it doesn't tell me *which e-mail message* it is
about
 
>> This subject: line, which is produced automatically, should better have
>> been a copy of the Sybject: line from *my* mailing instead of the beginning
>> of the body of the list server's reply to my mailing.
>> Am I right ?
>
>No. This is a response generated by the server to inform you that
>it has taken an action on your behalf -- it has distributed your
>note to the mailing list. It has no connection with your posting
>to the mailing list other than being produced as a consequence.
Ok. But why can't the server include a copy of my Subject: line in its
Subject: line ?