Bob McLeran wrote: >On the list I administer we get a few emails with no subject. Depending >on the email client used to send the mail, the subject line shows up >with "(no subject)" or a variant, or a blank line. We're havn't been >able to figure out how to filter out those emails, despite using several >variations.
In the situation you describe, the subject is blank and the MUA reading the mail is providing the "(no subject)" message. >Here are the filters we currently have in place (that don't work): > >[Ss]ubject: .*[Nn]o [Ss]ubject.* This one is good for picking up things like "Re: No Subject" that might be produced in a reply. Assuming you are putting these in header_filter_rules, you don't need [Ss] etc. as the pattern match is set to ignore case. >[Ss]ubject: [Nn]o [Ss]ubject This is redundant if you have the previous one. >What should we be using for a filter in order to catch blank subject lines? Have you tried subject:[ \t]*$ -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
