At 08:39 PM 2/12/96 -0500, you wrote:
>We have seen a discussion in a Goat List ..... prefix the subject with
"PGoat".  It has made sorting the goat messages from the other e-mail much
easier.
 
> With the high volume of messages that the Bee-Line List generates we would
>like to put this idea out to the members of the list and the administrator.
> Is anybody else interested?
 
A more practical approach is to filter your messages by using the sender's name.
 
My e-mail package is Eudora Pro.  I can create as many mail boxes as I like.
I have created a special mail box for BEE-L messages.  I have set the
filters that will direct all mail from BEE-L into this mail box by looking
for  BEE-L <[log in to unmask]> in the  FROM: header.
 
If I do not want to use special mail box, I can click a button that will
sort the entries by any of the following
   Status
   Priority
   Attachments
   Label
   Sender   (From:)
   Date/time received
   Size
   Subject  (it ignores the string "Re: ")
 
To simply identify which messages come from BEE-L, the Sender's identity is
all ready sufficient.  If you cannot do this on your system, perhaps you
e-mail package is a one of the more primitive types and getting a better one
would be more appropriate.
 
 
PS
I have considered applying additional filters to messages from BEE-L to put
the messages into more pigeon holes.  However that would require a very
tight discipline on all contributors to the list to make it work.  I quickly
dropped that idea.  The sort buttons will do what I need when I need them.
 
 
 
Regards
 
Chris Allen