John Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I agree with the various people who have said that identifying lists in
>the subject line is not a good idea. Like most people on this list I use
>mail filtering software to sort mail from lists into standard folders.
>
>The problem is that every list is slightly different in the best header
>to filter on, and usually you have to change your filters if the list moves
>to a new location or the list owner changes the software they use.
There's a better way to automatically file list messages: use a
different address for each list subscription. E.g., instead of
subscribing to every list as [EMAIL PROTECTED], use
[EMAIL PROTECTED] This requires that your MTA support
user-defined addresses, *and* that it lets you specify delivery
instructions for them. Most modern MTA's can do this.
It doesn't require error prone header parsing and is immune to list
moves and software changes. And unlike the standard header field
approach, doesn't require any cooperation from the remote site.
Also, if your MTA supports wildcarding of user-defined addresses, you
don't even have to set up the list address in advance. E.g.,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] comes to main mailbox. If I want
to file a list in a separate folder, all I have to do create a
.qmail-list-LISTNAME file telling it where to put it.
-Dave
