diff --git a/syncmail b/syncmail
index 16a22d95..96dc1db9 100755
--- a/syncmail
+++ b/syncmail
@@ -231,9 +231,10 @@ def blast_mail(subject, people, filestodiff, contextlines, fromhost):
 From: %(author)s
 To: %(people)s
 Subject: %(subject)s
+X-CVSinfo: CRANS
 ''' % {'author' : author,
        'people' : string.join(people, COMMASPACE),
-       'subject': 'CVS commit sur '+host+' : '+ subject,
+       'subject': 'CVS commit sur '+host[0]+' : '+ subject,
        }
             s.write(sys.stdin.read())
             # append the diffs if available