feat: Make broadcast lists create their own chat (#4644)

feat: Make broadcast lists create their own chat - UIs need to ask for
the name when creating broadcast lists now (see
https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/pull/2653)

That's quite a minimal approach: Add a List-ID header to outgoing
broadcast lists, so that the receiving Delta Chat shows them as a
separate chat, as talked about with @r10s and @hpk42.

Done:
- [x] Fix an existing bug that the chat name isn't updated when the
broadcast/mailing list name changes (I already started this locally)

To be done in other PRs:
- [ ] Right now the receiving side shows "Mailing list" in the subtitle
of such a chat, it would be nicer if it showed "Broadcast list" (or
alternatively, rename "Broadcast list" to "Mailing list", too)
- [ ] The UIs should probably ask for a name before creating the
broadcast list, since it will actually be sent over the wire. (Android
PR: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/pull/2653)

Fixes https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/issues/4597

BREAKING CHANGE: This means that UIs need to ask for the name when creating a broadcast list, similar to https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/pull/2653.
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@@ -1718,24 +1718,12 @@ uint32_t dc_create_group_chat (dc_context_t* context, int protect
* Create a new broadcast list.
*
* Broadcast lists are similar to groups on the sending device,
* however, recipients get the messages in normal one-to-one chats
* and will not be aware of other members.
* however, recipients get the messages in a read-only chat
* and will see who the other members are.
*
* Replies to broadcasts go only to the sender
* and not to all broadcast recipients.
* Moreover, replies will not appear in the broadcast list
* but in the one-to-one chat with the person answering.
*
* The name and the image of the broadcast list is set automatically
* and is visible to the sender only.
* Not asking for these data allows more focused creation
* and we bypass the question who will get which data.
* Also, many users will have at most one broadcast list
* so, a generic name and image is sufficient at the first place.
*
* Later on, however, the name can be changed using dc_set_chat_name().
* The image cannot be changed to have a unique, recognizable icon in the chat lists.
* All in all, this is also what other messengers are doing here.
* For historical reasons, this function does not take a name directly,
* instead you have to set the name using dc_set_chat_name()
* after creating the broadcast list.
*
* @memberof dc_context_t
* @param context The context object.