Getting "[listname] Re: subject" to sort correctly

Hi,
I subscribe to a number of mailing lists. Most handle replies to topics by prefixing "Re:".
One, unfortunately, strips off the mailing list name, adds the prefixe"Re:", and then puts the mailing
list name on the front of all that.
The result.... messages with topics:
(original message): [Ring2100] foo
(replies) [Ring2100] Re: foo
Apparently, Mail on OS X doesn't recognize "Re:" if it's not at the start of a subject.
This means that when I click on "Subject", all the initial messages are grouped together (and sorted),
then all the replies are grouped together (and sorted). This makes reading threads difficult!
Any suggestions welcome (other than asking the mailing list administrator to change things)!
thanks,
Stan
[email protected]

Not sure why you didn't just continue on the original topic.

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