Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:50:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> Cc: "Kenneth J. Monville" <desmo@bandwidth.org>, Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What string to filter FreeBSD lists? Message-ID: <199707241450.IAA19329@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199707241049.UAA00697@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> References: <19970723075000.00233@wasted.bandwidth.org> <199707241049.UAA00697@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>
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> Yep, I've found that ^From is the most reliable method of filtering > with procmail, but it assumes that this line is preserved right into > the mailbox (ie. the envelope arrives intact). This works with the > bulk of mailing list software, and even allows cleanly distinguishing > between private replies and replies to the list. > > Pop users, for example, won't have this luxury (fetchmail, popclient > or similar) Actually, I'm using fetchmail, but my .fetchmailrc has this: # Don't rewrite the mail headers (else all email appears to be from me) norewrite and I use From lines w/out problems. Nate
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