*Can you make a sort based on *part* of the header? If you can, do what I do- have it look for "LegacyUserGroup" in the header- that hardly ever changes.
Thank you. Robert * 2011/12/21 Bjørn K Nilssen <[email protected]> > I just subscribed tot his mailing list, but am having big problems with it. > The reason for that is because it uses the List-Id header field in a > non-standard way. > This field is supposed to store a static field that should help email > clients to identify and filter mail from lists. > In this list this List-Id field is used as a Message-Id, and it changes > for every mail. > The last one was : > List-Id: listid.LegacyUserGroup.102593264.mail.legacyusers.com > but the next one will have a different number. > Opera, which I'm currently using for email, automatically filters/creates > a new mailing list for every single email from the list because they all > have different List-Id fields. > So far I "have" 13 new mailing lists, all with almost the same name. > I've been subscribing to a lot of lists during 20 years (currently 40 + > those "13" from LegacyusersUG), and none of them behaves like this one. > They all use List-Id in a standard, static way, if at all. > This list also uses the X-mailing-list field (correctly), but that doesn't > help much when the List-Id changes all the time... > > I wrote about the issue to the webmaster (listowner?), but have not yet > received a reply. > > I was hoping that someone here could help with changing the list setup? > > This looks like an interesting group with quite some activity, but it is > impossible to keep on subscribing if it continues to handle the List-Id as > a dynamic field. > > Here's a few links about the use of List-Id: > http://www.w3.org/Mail/subject-tagging > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2919.html > http://al.mail-list.com/s/al/m/als/l/7615-RFC-2919-List-Id-Header > and the RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2919.txt > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
