It is the description in the Settings -> List Identity -> Description that is used in the list overview https://list.example.com/postorius/lists/ and also as the "From:" in the mails sent to the subscribers.
I try to keep the descriptions as short as possible, and I don't consider "Newsletter to the members of the Anthropology Society" a long message, when displayed in https://list.example.com/postorius/lists/, but when the description is displayed as From: in mails, I agree it is a long description.
On lists.mailman3.org, the description "General list for Mailman 3 users and others interested in Mailman 3" is also short, but when used as From: it is fairly long.
-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
From: Mailman-users is an infrequent newsletter sent to list administrators <mailman-users@lists.example.com>
Sent: 14. september 2018 13:20
To: mailman-users@lists.example.com
Subject: Test 201809141319[cid:image001.png@01D44E6C.A57045A0]
-- Henrik Rasmussen <her@adm.ku.dk<mailto:her@adm.ku.dk>> University of Copenhagen, Danmark
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> Sendt: 14. september 2018 17:36 Til: mailman-users@mailman3.org Emne: [MM3-users] Re: List description as sender
On 09/14/2018 05:35 AM, Henrik Rasmussen wrote:
When receiving a mail from Mailman 3, the From: User name is the description of the list, like From: Long desription of the list for all members of certain project <project@lists.example.com<mailto:project@lists.example.com>>.
Starting to get old, I recall something about a discussion we once had on http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/, but I don't recall the reason for this and I can't find the discussion, so it might be something I dreamed.
Specifically what messages are you talking about? The only case I see
offhand where the From: is as you describe is in posts from an anonymous
list.
In any case, the list description is described in Postorius as "This
description is used when the mailing list is listed with other mailing
lists, or in headers, and so forth. It should be as succinct as you can
get it, while still identifying what the list is." I.e., it shouldn't be
a long description.
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