Hi Don, this commit [1] does not work for the way debbugs is normally used. I'd say the more common case is this: user -> debbugs -> mailing-list -> user(s) This was my original idea when stripping off the [mailing-list-name] in the Subject: field [2] when internally processing bug posts. The follow-up patch [1] that you committed later presumes this mail posting path: user -> mailing list -> debbugs -> somewhere... Which seems much more rare to me. So my suggestion is: revert commit c05083e [1]. Greets+Thanks, Mike [1] http://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=debbugs.git;a=commitdiff;h=c05083e5394af9c9cad1cfe84e188b9f82e2d2b4 [2] http://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=debbugs.git;a=commitdiff;h=b7843cf92e2fa55b89e0993eb82c4453d3736d46