>> Why can't it understand that anything starting with "[LISTNAME]" or
>> "Re: [LISTNAME]" *isn't* spam?
>>
>>
> I think you can work around the problem by creating a filter for
> LISTNAME (don't include the Re:, I'm not sure filters see that) and set
> its action to Mark as Not Junk.
>
for me, I would have that filter move those messages into a special
folder called LISTNAME and have the messages marked as Not Read.