Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Chad Perrin wrote:
I wasn't referring to a desire for instructions on how to use procmail.
I was hoping for some suggestion as to what to set up. It's usually
This will put messages from the freebsd lists in folders by list name
prepended with FBSD-
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* ^Sender: owner-freebsd-\/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@FreeBSD.ORG
{
LISTNAME=${MATCH}
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* LISTNAME??^\/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mail/In/FBSD-${MATCH}
}
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Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On 2007-04-25 14:05, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Can gmail not filter on that? Do you have any suggestions for how to do something similar with mutt or procmail? Sure; you can use something like this in your `.procmailrc': :0 H List-Id: .*freebsd-\/[^\.]* freebsd-$MATCH I haven't tested this with multiple mailing lists yet, but it's something I've been experimenting with. Other possibilities include: :0 H * ^Sender: owner-freebsd-\/[EMAIL PROTECTED] freebsd-$MATCH ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 15:44:20 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: [...] I fully expect that there isn't really an answer aside from using mutt's list subscription functionality, which unfortunately overwrites the name or email of the original sender in the diplay. It doesn't for me. The only time I see the list name in place of the message sender's email address is for my own posts, where it displays the To: address instead of the From: address, which is what I prefer. Perhaps you have something wrong with your setting of index_format? Cheers, Nick. -- Please do not CC me on replies, I read the list and don't need the dupes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:03:19PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 15:44:20 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: [...] I fully expect that there isn't really an answer aside from using mutt's list subscription functionality, which unfortunately overwrites the name or email of the original sender in the diplay. It doesn't for me. The only time I see the list name in place of the message sender's email address is for my own posts, where it displays the To: address instead of the From: address, which is what I prefer. Perhaps you have something wrong with your setting of index_format? I think you must misunderstand something in what I said. I'm talking about ways to get visual cues for the list origins of emails. The fact that the subscribe setting in .muttrc allows the display to show the list's address (the To: address) instead of the sender's address (the From: address) is a means of achieving that. That's not the best way, in my opinion, to make the list association of an email clear, but it's the way the subscribe setting does it. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Ben Franklin: As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Thursday, 26 April, 2007 at 14:43:35 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:03:19PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 15:44:20 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: [...] I fully expect that there isn't really an answer aside from using mutt's list subscription functionality, which unfortunately overwrites the name or email of the original sender in the diplay. It doesn't for me. The only time I see the list name in place of the message sender's email address is for my own posts, where it displays the To: address instead of the From: address, which is what I prefer. Perhaps you have something wrong with your setting of index_format? I think you must misunderstand something in what I said. I'm talking about ways to get visual cues for the list origins of emails. The fact that the subscribe setting in .muttrc allows the display to show the list's address (the To: address) instead of the sender's address (the From: address) is a means of achieving that. That's not the best way, in my opinion, to make the list association of an email clear, but it's the way the subscribe setting does it. Okay, I think I understand. :-) I think the misunderstanding was because I am using mutt very differently from you. I have each list I am subscribed to filtered into its own mail box by procmail. I have listed all of these mailing lists in mutt's subscribed setting. I also have status_on_top set and pager_index_lines set to 10. The up shot of all this is that I know which mailing list I am reading because it is listed in the status line. Separate mail boxes for each mailing list just makes more sense to me. :-) Cheers, Nick. -- Please do not CC me on replies, I read the list and don't need the dupes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 10:03:46PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: Okay, I think I understand. :-) I think the misunderstanding was because I am using mutt very differently from you. I have each list I am subscribed to filtered into its own mail box by procmail. I have listed all of these mailing lists in mutt's subscribed setting. I also have status_on_top set and pager_index_lines set to 10. The up shot of all this is that I know which mailing list I am reading because it is listed in the status line. Separate mail boxes for each mailing list just makes more sense to me. :-) Yeah, that makes a big difference. For me, filtering into separate mailboxes would just ensure that I end up ignoring some of my mailing lists for long periods of time. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Dr. Ron Paul: Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
[mailed and posted] On Apr 26, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 10:03:46PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: Okay, I think I understand. :-) I think the misunderstanding was because I am using mutt very differently from you. I have each list I am subscribed to filtered into its own mail box by procmail. I have listed all of these mailing lists in mutt's subscribed setting. I also have status_on_top set and pager_index_lines set to 10. The up shot of all this is that I know which mailing list I am reading because it is listed in the status line. Separate mail boxes for each mailing list just makes more sense to me. :-) Yeah, that makes a big difference. For me, filtering into separate mailboxes would just ensure that I end up ignoring some of my mailing lists for long periods of time. I've been sorting all of my FreeBSD list stuff into a common mailbox (using a sieve script on the IMAP server I use) and since this, and have just started (as a result of this discussion) playing with color coding by which particular list. The color coding is done in the MUA (Mail.app in my case). In general, I automatic delivery into particular folders as the business of the IMAP server (not the client) while something like display properties for messages meeting particular criteria as something to do in the MUA. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberghttp://www.goldmark.org/jeff/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
Hi, I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually classified? Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! -Amarendra ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Amarendra Godbole wrote: Hi, I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually classified? Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! For gmail you can create filters that add a label depending on the to-address. I don't know how it works. I think that's what you want - and it is likely much easier than trying to take up the discussion... Cheers, Erik ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
Amarendra Godbole wrote: I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually classified? Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! All messages are already tagged with a List-ID e.g. List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Can gmail not filter on that? Visual tagging of subject lines is a poor solution. Either you tag at the front [fbsd-questions] Really long subject line that gets truncated even earlier thanks to the tag or at the end Really long subject line where the tag disappears in a haze of ... [fbsd-questions] Neither of which is satisfactory, and for most people with sensible email environments that can filter of Header lines, an unnecessary inconvenience. Not to mention the question of how on earth you co-ordinate unique tags across mailing lists. Since the List-ID isn't constrained by length it can contain the email address of the list, which is already unique. If you can't filter on the List-ID then filter on To and Cc lines which contain [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not as good, but it would do. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On 4/25/07, Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amarendra Godbole wrote: I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually classified? Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! All messages are already tagged with a List-ID e.g. List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Can gmail not filter on that? it's not documented, but you can filter like this listid:freebsd-questions.freebsd.org under the has the words section of the filter creation page. Visual tagging of subject lines is a poor solution. Either you tag at the front [fbsd-questions] Really long subject line that gets truncated even earlier thanks to the tag or at the end Really long subject line where the tag disappears in a haze of ... [fbsd-questions] Neither of which is satisfactory, and for most people with sensible email environments that can filter of Header lines, an unnecessary inconvenience. Not to mention the question of how on earth you co-ordinate unique tags across mailing lists. Since the List-ID isn't constrained by length it can contain the email address of the list, which is already unique. If you can't filter on the List-ID then filter on To and Cc lines which contain [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not as good, but it would do. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- I'm nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On 4/25/07, Andy Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/25/07, Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amarendra Godbole wrote: I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually classified? Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! All messages are already tagged with a List-ID e.g. List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Can gmail not filter on that? it's not documented, but you can filter like this listid:freebsd-questions.freebsd.org under the has the words section of the filter creation page. [...] Thanks all for your suggestions and clarifications. I do agree that visual tagging increases the length of the subject line a bit too much to fit in one screen properly. I will setup gmail filters, as suggested. -Amarendra ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 02:53:40PM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Amarendra Godbole wrote: I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually classified? Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! All messages are already tagged with a List-ID e.g. List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Can gmail not filter on that? Do you have any suggestions for how to do something similar with mutt or procmail? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] A script is what you give the actors. A program is what you give the audience. - Larry Wall ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 14:05:21 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 02:53:40PM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Amarendra Godbole wrote: I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually classified? Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! All messages are already tagged with a List-ID e.g. List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Can gmail not filter on that? Do you have any suggestions for how to do something similar with mutt or procmail? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-procmail.html Cheers, Nick. -- Please do not CC me on replies, I read the list and don't need the dupes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:30:42PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-procmail.html I wasn't referring to a desire for instructions on how to use procmail. I was hoping for some suggestion as to what to set up. It's usually not really polite to change subject lines on a mailing list, so using procmail to add [fbsdq] (or whatever) to the beginning of every subject line doesn't really strike me as a good solution to the problem. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Amazon.com interview candidate: When C++ is your hammer, everything starts to look like your thumb. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
I dont think subject tagging is poor at all. whats poor is overly long poorly organized subject lines..but hey..[FBSDQ] aint all that long. On 4/25/07, Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amarendra Godbole wrote: I subscribe to many fbsd lists through gmail, and am not able to visually detect which email was sent to which fbsd list. Is it possible to add a tag in the subject line, something like, [fbsd-q], or [fbsd-questions], or similar so that emails can be visually classified? Given that these lists have been around for a long time, was there a discussion on this? If the idea of tagging was dropped, can someone inform me about the rationale behind this decision? Thanks in advance! All messages are already tagged with a List-ID e.g. List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Can gmail not filter on that? Visual tagging of subject lines is a poor solution. Either you tag at the front [fbsd-questions] Really long subject line that gets truncated even earlier thanks to the tag or at the end Really long subject line where the tag disappears in a haze of ... [fbsd-questions] Neither of which is satisfactory, and for most people with sensible email environments that can filter of Header lines, an unnecessary inconvenience. Not to mention the question of how on earth you co-ordinate unique tags across mailing lists. Since the List-ID isn't constrained by length it can contain the email address of the list, which is already unique. If you can't filter on the List-ID then filter on To and Cc lines which contain [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not as good, but it would do. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 14:47:30 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:30:42PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-procmail.html I wasn't referring to a desire for instructions on how to use procmail. Sorry, but that is what I thought you were after. I was hoping for some suggestion as to what to set up. It's usually not really polite to change subject lines on a mailing list, so using procmail to add [fbsdq] (or whatever) to the beginning of every subject line doesn't really strike me as a good solution to the problem. Now I am totally confused. What exactly do you want? (If you want to add or remove something from the subject line during local mail delivery use formail.) Cheers, Nick. -- Please do not CC me on replies, I read the list and don't need the dupes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:03:05PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 14:47:30 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:30:42PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-procmail.html I wasn't referring to a desire for instructions on how to use procmail. Sorry, but that is what I thought you were after. I was hoping for some suggestion as to what to set up. It's usually not really polite to change subject lines on a mailing list, so using procmail to add [fbsdq] (or whatever) to the beginning of every subject line doesn't really strike me as a good solution to the problem. Now I am totally confused. What exactly do you want? (If you want to add or remove something from the subject line during local mail delivery use formail.) I'm looking for an easy way to visually mark messages as being from the freebsd-questions list so I can recognize them at a glance without screwing with the subject line if I reply. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to build programs out of the wrong concepts. - Paul Graham ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 02:53:40PM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: All messages are already tagged with a List-ID e.g. List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Do you have any suggestions for how to do something similar with mutt or procmail? procmail can filter out duplicates and sort messages into folders (directories under ~/mail): PATH=$HOME/procmail:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/local/bin:. MAILDIR=$HOME/mail # DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmaillog LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmail # Weed out duplicate messages. :0 Wh: msgid.lock | /usr/local/bin/formail -D 8192 $HOME/.msgid.cache # FreeBSD Questions Mailing list :0 * ^List-Id:.*freebsd-questions.freebsd.org $MAILDIR/FreeBSD-Questions This puts questions messages in a folder called FreeBSD-Questions (which you should probably create beforehand). You'll also need a .forward file or FEATURE(local_procmail) in your sendmail .mc file to use procmail. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 15:14:59 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:03:05PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: On Wednesday, 25 April, 2007 at 14:47:30 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:30:42PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-procmail.html I wasn't referring to a desire for instructions on how to use procmail. Sorry, but that is what I thought you were after. I was hoping for some suggestion as to what to set up. It's usually not really polite to change subject lines on a mailing list, so using procmail to add [fbsdq] (or whatever) to the beginning of every subject line doesn't really strike me as a good solution to the problem. Now I am totally confused. What exactly do you want? (If you want to add or remove something from the subject line during local mail delivery use formail.) I'm looking for an easy way to visually mark messages as being from the freebsd-questions list so I can recognize them at a glance without screwing with the subject line if I reply. Right. In an earlier message you mentioned mutt and procmail, so here is a procmail/mutt solution. First off write a procmail recipe that matches the mail list(s) you wish to flag. In the action line of said recipe use formail to add the header X-Status. Configure mutt to high light message which contain the X-Status header. If you want me to give you a step-by-step it will have to wait until tomorrow because it is time for me to hit the sack. If you can't wait that long look in the archives for the procmail users' mailing about 6 or so years ago - may be even longer: flagging is what this is called. Oh, just remembered, the above assumes you are using mbox format. If you are using maildir there is a solution, but the action is different. Cheers, Nick. -- Please do not CC me on replies, I read the list and don't need the dupes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 03:37:41PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 02:53:40PM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: All messages are already tagged with a List-ID e.g. List-Id: User questions freebsd-questions.freebsd.org Do you have any suggestions for how to do something similar with mutt or procmail? procmail can filter out duplicates and sort messages into folders (directories under ~/mail): PATH=$HOME/procmail:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/local/bin:. MAILDIR=$HOME/mail # DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmaillog LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmail # Weed out duplicate messages. :0 Wh: msgid.lock | /usr/local/bin/formail -D 8192 $HOME/.msgid.cache # FreeBSD Questions Mailing list :0 * ^List-Id:.*freebsd-questions.freebsd.org $MAILDIR/FreeBSD-Questions This puts questions messages in a folder called FreeBSD-Questions (which you should probably create beforehand). You'll also need a .forward file or FEATURE(local_procmail) in your sendmail .mc file to use procmail. If I wanted them in different folders, I'd have sorted them that way. Unfortunately, what I'd like is a way to visually mark messages as originating from a specific mailing list. Separating them into a bunch of folders just reduces the likelihood I'll get to all my email in a given day. I appreciate the attempt to help, but it doesn't address my actual preferences. I fully expect that there isn't really an answer aside from using mutt's list subscription functionality, which unfortunately overwrites the name or email of the original sender in the diplay. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Ben Franklin: As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:38:52PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: Right. In an earlier message you mentioned mutt and procmail, so here is a procmail/mutt solution. First off write a procmail recipe that matches the mail list(s) you wish to flag. In the action line of said recipe use formail to add the header X-Status. Configure mutt to high light message which contain the X-Status header. That's an excellent idea. Thank you. If you want me to give you a step-by-step it will have to wait until tomorrow because it is time for me to hit the sack. If you can't wait that long look in the archives for the procmail users' mailing about 6 or so years ago - may be even longer: flagging is what this is called. I'm sure I can figure it out, now that I have a general approach in mind to research. Oh, just remembered, the above assumes you are using mbox format. If you are using maildir there is a solution, but the action is different. I'm using mbox, so no worries. Again, thank you. I really appreciate it. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to build programs out of the wrong concepts. - Paul Graham ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 03:44:20PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: I fully expect that there isn't really an answer aside from using mutt's list subscription functionality, which unfortunately overwrites the name or email of the original sender in the diplay. Color me surprised. N. J. Mann provided me with an idea for how to make it work that seems even more effective than I'd expected. I stand corrected, re: my expectation that there wasn't a good answer. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. - W. Somerset Maugham ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Jeff Mohler wrote: I dont think subject tagging is poor at all. whats poor is overly long poorly organized subject lines..but hey..[FBSDQ] aint all that long. Then you get someone who either doesn't a) trim the subject or b) the client response as such: Re: [FBSDQ] Re: [FBSDQ] bla bla bla ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:03:59PM +, Duane Hill wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Jeff Mohler wrote: I dont think subject tagging is poor at all. whats poor is overly long poorly organized subject lines..but hey..[FBSDQ] aint all that long. Then you get someone who either doesn't a) trim the subject or b) the client response as such: Re: [FBSDQ] Re: [FBSDQ] bla bla bla Since the list is what would attach [FBSDQ] to the subject, it would be the list that wasn't behaving itself if that happened. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] There comes a time in the history of any project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production. - MacUser, November 1990 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tagging email subject line with something like [fbsd-questions]
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 03:47:49PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:38:52PM +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: # Right. In an earlier message you mentioned mutt and procmail, so here is a procmail/mutt solution. First off write a procmail recipe that matches the mail list(s) you wish to flag. In the action line of said recipe use formail to add the header X-Status. Configure mutt to high light message which contain the X-Status header. # That's an excellent idea. Thank you. You don't need to add the header. You can highlight using ~C, which checks the To: or Cc: for a string. I have tested a rule in my .muttrc which does this: color index red black '(~C freebsd-question)' It seems to correctly color messages to the freebsd-questions list. In theory, you should be able to use other mutt patterns as per http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html#ss4.2 This could allow you to search for the List-ID header and color/highlight based upon that. Erik ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
