Problem with tragic lack of email standards on P-List

[Michael Baum]

I don't know how common this problem is for others on the Pynchon
list, but I find that I'm constantly having to update my kill filter
for blather messages. The filter scans for certain tell-tale strings:
"Afghan","slothrup666","Chomsky","amerika", usw., and takes
appropriate action.

Unfortunately, no matter how careful I try to be in picking marker
strings, performance of the filter tends to degrade because blather
messages arrive that somehow evade the markers.

You may well ask, Michael, why not just filter certain _sources_ --
well, one thinks immediately of Mr. Millison, for example -- but the
problem is that most everyone involved _also_ posts interesting
comments on Mr. Pynchon and his writing. So source filters are
counterproductive.

Which leads me to ask if perhaps we could establish an agreed
war/pacifism/Afghan/agitprop marker for the mail Subject: line?
Perhaps "RANT:" or something like that? It would greatly improve
mail-processing efficiency.

maab