> <sarcasm> Oh sure, there's never a list that uses non-standard headers or
> subject tags, or have certain people whom messages from don't always
> include the same headers or tags that are sent by other members.
> </sarcasm>
The inadequacies of other lists are not our problem.
> Look at the headers for Tony's recent messages and _maybe_ you'll see that
> this list is far from consistent.
What non-standard headers do you see there that the list injects?
> I don't think it's a horrible thing when half a dozen people politely
> request for subject tags that are a mere SIX CHARACTERS in length.
Why consume the valuable space in the subject line, when it is
already clearly denoted in the headers, where is is supposed to be.
> Obviously, however, I belong to the wrong list. I didn't know this one was
> 90% flame to 10% content.
Gas or water on those flames, it's your choice, and you chose gas.
> If I had to create a separate header filter rule for each one, instead of
> simple subject tag parsing it would take considerably more resources.
"considerably more resources"?
Parsing the subject properly (with the proper regex) from a message
is much more difficult than parsing the headers themselves, in filtering
rules.
Oh wait, you're using Outlook Express.. please disregard that, it's
infinately more difficult to do anything using that legacy platform than on
POSIX-compliant platforms.
Here's a hint from my active procmail rc.folders file:
:0:
* ^To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"palm/plucker/plucker-dev-CURRENT"
:0:
* ^To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"palm/plucker/plucker-list-CURRENT"
That sorts the incoming messages into those folders when received.
My mail client (pine) colorizes and threads them as they sit in my existing
inboxes, with a simple one-line rule in .pinerc, configured from the pine
interface itself.
I'm sure a commercially supported product like Outlook Express does
the same.
> Fortunately I don't. And I can delete the TWO rules I already created for
> filtering plucker messages because it simply isn't worth the time or
> energy to belong to this list.
Good, less traffic is less traffic to filter.
d.
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