diff -ur hypermail-2b25.orig/src/hypermail.c hypermail-2b25/src/hypermail.c
--- hypermail-2b25.orig/src/hypermail.c	Thu Sep 30 22:35:04 1999
+++ hypermail-2b25/src/hypermail.c	Thu Nov  4 15:42:06 1999
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@
     printf("  -V          : %s\n", lang[MSG_OPTION_VERSION]);
     printf("  -u          : %s\n", lang[MSG_OPTION_U]);
     printf("  -x          : %s\n", lang[MSG_OPTION_X]);
-    printf("  -1          : %s\n", lang[MSG_OPTION_1]);
+    printf("  -1          : %s\n", lang[MSG_OPTION_1]); 
+    printf("  -S word     : strip 'word' from all subjects.\n");
     printf("  -L lang     : %s (", lang[MSG_OPTION_LANG]);
-    printf("  -M use metadata\n");
 
     /* Print out languages supported */
     lte = &ltable[0];
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@
       lte++;
     }
     printf(")\n");
+
+    printf("  -M use metadata\n");
 #if 0
     printf("%s       : %s\n", lang[MSG_VERSION], VERSION);
     printf("%s    : %s\n", lang[MSG_PATCHLEVEL], PATCHLEVEL);
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@
     cmd_show_variables = 0;
 
     /* get pre config options here */
-    while ((i = (int)getopt(argc,argv,"a:b:c:d:hil:L:m:n:o:ps:tTuvVxz1M?")) != -1) {
+    while ((i = (int)getopt(argc,argv,"a:b:c:d:hil:L:m:n:o:ps:S:tTuvVxz1M?")) != -1) {
         switch((char) i) {
 	case 'c':
 	  configfile = strreplace(configfile, optarg);
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@
 	case 'o':
 	case 's':
 	case 'p':
+	case 'S':
 	case 't':
 	case 'T':
 	case 'u':
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@
 
     /* now get the post-config options! */
 
-    while ((i = (int)getopt(argc,argv,"a:b:c:d:hil:L:m:n:o:ps:tTuvxz1M?")) != -1) {
+    while ((i = (int)getopt(argc,argv,"a:b:c:d:hil:L:m:n:o:ps:S:tTuvxz1M?")) != -1) {
         switch((char) i) {
 	case 'a':
 	  set_archives = strreplace(set_archives, optarg);
@@ -268,6 +271,9 @@
 	  break;
 	case 'p':
 	  set_showprogress = TRUE;
+	  break;
+	case 'S':
+	  set_stripsubject = strreplace(set_stripsubject, optarg);
 	  break;
 	case 't':
 	  set_usetable = TRUE;
diff -ur hypermail-2b25.orig/src/parse.c hypermail-2b25/src/parse.c
--- hypermail-2b25.orig/src/parse.c	Thu Sep 30 22:35:09 1999
+++ hypermail-2b25/src/parse.c	Thu Nov  4 19:22:37 1999
@@ -536,11 +536,12 @@
 ** Returns ALLOCATED string.
 */
 
+
 char *getsubject(char *line)
 {
     int i;
     int len;
-    char *c;
+    char *c, *b;
     char *startp;
     char *postre=NULL;
 
@@ -554,6 +555,8 @@
 
     c += 2;
 
+    if (set_stripsubject) c = b = replace(c, set_stripsubject, "");
+
     while (isspace(*c))
       c++;
 
@@ -578,6 +581,8 @@
       PushString(&buff, NOSUBJECT);
     else
       PushNString(&buff, startp, len);
+
+    if (set_stripsubject) free(b);
 
     RETURN_PUSH(buff);
 }
diff -ur hypermail-2b25.orig/src/setup.c hypermail-2b25/src/setup.c
--- hypermail-2b25.orig/src/setup.c	Thu Sep 30 22:35:12 1999
+++ hypermail-2b25/src/setup.c	Thu Nov  4 15:41:03 1999
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 char *set_label;
 
 char *set_dateformat;
+char *set_stripsubject;
 
 struct hmlist *set_text_types;
 struct hmlist *set_inline_types;
@@ -276,6 +277,10 @@
 
   {"dateformat", &set_dateformat,   NULL,    CFG_STRING,
    "# Format (see strftime(3)) for displaying dates.\n"},
+
+  {"stripsubject", &set_stripsubject,   NULL,    CFG_STRING,
+   "# A word to be stripped from all subject lines.  Helps unclutter\n"
+   "# mailing lists which add tags to subject lines.\n"},
 
   {"attachmentlink", &set_attachmentlink,   NULL,    CFG_STRING,
    "# Format of the attachment links.\n"
Only in hypermail-2b25/src: setup.c~
diff -ur hypermail-2b25.orig/src/setup.h hypermail-2b25/src/setup.h
--- hypermail-2b25.orig/src/setup.h	Thu Sep 30 22:35:12 1999
+++ hypermail-2b25/src/setup.h	Wed Nov  3 16:30:38 1999
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 extern char *set_htmlbody;
 
 extern char *set_dateformat;
+extern char *set_stripsubject;
 
 extern struct hmlist *set_text_types;
 extern struct hmlist *set_inline_types;