This is an issue for the community of users here to put forth an idea
on, and then have the Apache OpenOffice PPMC decide how to configure
this mail list server. Good discussion so far.
On 2012-01-04 8:01 AM, James Knott wrote:
Most of the mail lists I participate in include something to indicate
the forum name in the message subject. This makes it a lot easier to
identify mail list messages from what might otherwise look like spam. Is
it possible for this list to do the same? IIRC, the old OOo list
included "Users" in the subject line and libreOffice includes
"libreoffice-users".
Personally I hate auto-added subject line stuff, but my opinion really
doesn't matter here: this is a forum where helpful users (and especially
folks answering questions) can find it easiest to do work.
Note that all Apache mailing lists (i.e. from an @*.apache.org address)
use the List-Id: header (set by our mailing list program, EZMLM), which
will look like this for this list:
List-Id: <ooo-users.incubator.apache.org>
If you use Thunderbird (any recent release), you can easily sort mail on
this header by doing:
Tools - Message Filters... (for v8.0, may be different for early versions)
New... (to create a new filter - be sure you're in the correct mail
account, if your Thunderbird has multiple email accounts)
In the Filter Rules dialog, under the "Match all/any..." setting, pop up
the first header in the list box (normally says "Subject")
Select Customize... in the dropdown
In the Customize Headers dialog, type in a New Message Header: List-Id
Press OK
I usually select "Contains" for the next field
In the third field, enter the list id of this list. Note that I often
just enter the first part of the list id, if it's unique within my
subscriptions (i.e. I only subscribe to one ooo-users list): ooo-users
Set the Perform these actions: appropriately to move these messages to
the right folder
Press OK and then run the filter to test it.
- Shane
P.S. Nearly all mail clients support filters quite simply these days:
http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/tutorials/win_filters.html
https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/CH006356467.aspx
http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/mail/sort/#label-rules
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/set-email-filters-gmail-hotmail-yahoo/
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/Mail_Rules_Tips_tricks__best_practices
Setting up filters for pine, mutt, and the like is left as an exercise
for the reader. 8-)
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