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Subject: Re:[users] Re: Why do some users get CC:ed (or The best way to
answer questions on this list)
From: James Mckenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected], Harold Fuchs <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Jan 29 2007 01:49:14 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)
Harold:
I guess I misinterpeted what you are doing. I had moved all moderated messages
into a separate
folder under Thunderbird. This DOES break threading. If you use something
else to mark them, then
that is something you are doing.
And to find that mystical value you have to look at the entire header. As I
stated, with Earthiink's mail headers
this may extend outside of the header buffer area and much to my surprise,
Thunderbird does not allow scrolling
with all headers shown (or at least it did not when I last looked at it.)
In any case, it is up to the individual reader on how they handle messages and
replies from and to unsubscibed
people. Don't forget that folks sending through GMANE will also show as
unsubscribed (or at least they used to.)
James McKenzie
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From: Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Jan 28, 2007 6:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [users] Re: Why do some users get CC:ed (or The best way to
answer questions on this list)
On Monday, January 29, 2007 12:51 AM [GMT+1=CET],
James Mckenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
Russell:
This is my point with headers in Thunderbird. You cannot just turn
on the Delivered-to: lines, you have to look at the entire header
area. With
This is just flat out nonsense.
In Thunderbird you can set a filter that stipulates that if a message has a
"Delivered-To: " header *and* that header says "moderator for
[email protected]" (or whatever) then highlight the message in red (or
green or blue or ...). This does *not* involve moving or copying the message
to a different mailbox or folder and it does not involve breaking any
threads. It also does not invlove looking at the headers yourself other than
just once to get the correct syntax for the filter. And to save you that
trouble, the header name is "Delivered-To: " and the relevant value is
"moderator for [email protected]".
RTFM
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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Thunderbird has 5 "labels": Important, Work, Personal, To Do and Later.
Each label is designated by a different colour.
When you assign a label to a message (select message in its folder and
do Message>Label>select label type), its entry in whichever folder it
appears is coloured for that label. So, if you label a message "Work",
its entry in its folder will show up red.
You can set a filter that says "if the message has the 'Delivered to'
header *and* that header says 'moderator ... ' then label the message
'Work'.
You only set the filter once. It operates on *all* incoming message
unless you explicitly and with great care tell it otherwise; it's hard
to do by accident so the chance is vanishingly small that you will screw
it up.
So, once you have set up the filter *all* messages from unsubscribed OPs
will appear in red (not the message text, just the one-line entry within
the folder (Subject, Sender, Date, etc.).
Repeat. You only need to do this ONCE (yes, I'm shouting; it's
deliberate). It takes two minutes or less. After that ALL messages (yes,
shouting again) and ONLY messages from unsubscribed OPs will appear in
RED (assuming you chose the "Work" label.
It doesn't break threads; it doesn't involve moving or copying messages
to other folders; it doesn't involve manually examining the message
headers. Once set up it involves no work at all to see that a message is
from an unsubscribed OP.
If you don't like red because you are colour blind you can change the
colour assigned to the label, or you can select a lablel represented by
a different colour.
You do NOT need to turn on the All Headers view. You don't need
enhancements to make the header pane scrollable. That whole discussion
is irrelevant.
The filter won't affect any other mail because no other mail is going to
have the relevant Delivered To header.
Try it.
PLEASE.
Oh, by the way. I do not, repeat NOT use Thunderbird although this is
being sent using it because I'm working at a different computer from the
one I usually use while mine is upgraded.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
