Quite often, not all messages on a mailing list are strictly relevant to the mailing list's topic. This is true especially for mailing lists comprising people sharing not only the list's topic as a common interest.
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It is a good idea to mark messages that are a bit (or more) off-topic in the Subject: header already, so that people not interested can filter them to low-priority folders or ignore them altogether.
Use "OT" in the Subject to Indicate Off-Topic Messages
Usually, the keyword or acronym "OT" is used to indicate such messages:
- Put "OT: " (without quotes) in front of your message's subject.
For example, a message might come with the subject: "OT: My cat loves spinach!"
