Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 06:19:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What string to filter FreeBSD lists? Message-ID: <199707231319.GAA16243@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199707230057.TAA05346@nexgen.hiwaay.net> from "dkelly@hiwaay.net" at Jul 22, 97 07:57:49 pm
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dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote: > > > Could anyone share with me what strings they use to filter their > > FreeBSD lists. > > I have tried a few things, but every now an then messages go > > unfiltered.. > > As the other posting noted, they tend to flip-flop on the sender addresses. > I filter with slocal and have decided to leave identical filters in place > for owner-chat and owner-freebsd-chat, and similar for all the other if these tools (slocal, procmail, etc..) can handle regular expressions, you can cover all cases by sorting on owner-*<listname>. if you would rather restrict this more tightly, use owner-chat|owner-freebsd-chat as to why they flip, i dont know ;( i need to look into this more carefully, as time allows. in the meantime, please, dont be overly restrictive in your filters. the only two possilbilities are owner-freebsd-<listname> and owner-<listname> sorry for any inconvience this may have caused. jmb
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