On Friday 02 July 2010, Todd Kover wrote:
> > > Hmmm ... can auto-responders distinguish between normal user e-mail
> > > and e-mail from a mailing list?
> >
> > Yes, if the list processor implements rfc2919 (see
> > <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2919>); then simply check for the
> > existence of the 'List-ID' header. Mailman, iirc, also adds
> > 'X-BeenThere'. Sieve, as an example, is able to deal with them
> > properly without any further user intervention as to suppress
> > auto-replies.
> >
> > Unfortunately, this list doesn't contain any of these headers,
> > though. Thus, this needs to be fixed in the mailing list software
> > IMHO.
>
>If the majordomo config is to be believed, a List-Id header will now
>show up on messages to the amanda lists and should be on this message.
>If not and one of the filtering programs is being naughty, it will be
>there soon.
>
>In the past, a precedence: bulk header was added, but it looks like
>it was being stripped and its been broken for a long time. Given the
>negative verbiage on it in rfc2076, I declined to add it back in.
>
>The majordomo config mostly predates rfc2919. :)
>
>-Todd
>
Its there for this message Todd, and thanks, this may make it easier to
filter.
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