On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Volker Kuhlmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon 12 May 2008 09:13:45 NZST +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>
>> I recently subscribed my gmail account to the clug list and I can't
>> seem to get gmail's filtering service working properly. the filter I
>> am using is:
>>
>> Matches: Comments: University of Canterbury Linux Users Group
>> Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "clug"
>>
>> but it never seems to match list mail.
>>
>> Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
>
> Yes, you're using gmail ;)
>
> That mail service is target at the average mass computer user. With
> predictable results - as that main target audience wouldn't know what an
> email header is let alone what comment: means, my guess is google didn't
> bother to implement filtering on anything but to:, from: and subject:.
> Like all the other GUI email clients like thunderbird etc.
>
> That also means sticking a List-id: header on this list doesn't help at
> all.

well list-id filters do work. if you click "filter messages like this"
on a message with a list-id header it uses that as the suggested
filter.

the comments field used to work when I previously subscribed via
gmail. Then I unsubbed the gmail address, then recently resubbed. Now
it doesn't work.

>
> Give me procmail any time...
>

yes i'd prefer that.

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