Re: feature request for this mailing list
On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:08:03 -0800
David Guntner <david@guntner.com> wrote:
> berenger.morel@neutralite.org grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have
> > noticed that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it is
> > added by the ml-engine, not by users.
> > I am also receiving more and more spam since 2 months. I guess my
> > address was sold to or found by some f****** spammers, which do not
> > understand that someone without a classic hotmail, google or
> > whatever mainstream mail provider will probably know what a spam is
> > and only be annoyed.
> >
> > So I think that it could be useful to have this one prefixing mails
> > with, for example [debian-user], or [du] or whatever. But I do not
> > know where to submit this idea. Do someone knows?
> >
> > I know that some MUAs are able to do such kind of filtering
> > automatically, but I am using a webmail (roundcube) most of the
> > time, which have less features, but have the same configuration and
> > display on all computers I use to access my mails :)
>
> I agree it would be nice if they added a subject line tag, but I don't
> expect it's going to happen. :-)
>
> I use Procmail to do my mail filtering for me. The recipe I use is:
>
>
> # Debian list processing
> # Look for the list address here and put them in their own file
> :0:
> * ^TO_ .*@lists.debian.org
> $MAILDIR/debian/
>
>
> I do it that way because I'm subscribed to several list (announce,
> security, etc.) and they all have that in common. I don't care if
> they all get lumped into the same mail folder. :-)
>
Here is the recipe from my .procmailrc:
=======================
:0:
* ^List-Id.*\debian-user.lists.debian.org
.debian_users/
=======================
I've used it for a week, and it appears to be working perfectly.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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