Re: How to catch all messages in a filter - was - Re: Move old messages

[Steve Lamb]

Wednesday, January 12, 2000, 11:38:40 PM, Andrew wrote:
JA>> Well it depends on my needs, right?  If I want to filter all mail from
JA>> one folder to one other folder, then I can just do one common string.
JA>> For example I could search for the letter e, anywhere in the message.
JA>> I'm 99.999% sure to get all messages from folder A into folder B.

> Better way - use @ character and search for it in the message headers.
> 100% guaranteed.

    Acrually e is better.  @ relies on the presence of an email address which
may not always be the case.  However, all messages will have some common
headers in them.  One of them is a Received header from each SMTP server.
                                    ^ ^  ^

    Since the received header is always going to be there, e is always going
to be there.  ;)

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