Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:32:12 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing subject of this list? Message-ID: <4597C9EC.4000008@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <60405.192.168.11.7.1167571842.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> References: <60405.192.168.11.7.1167571842.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > All the best for the New Year to everyone. By the way, would it be > possible for this list to introduce a subject prefix like [FBSDQ] or > something along this line? It would make sorting much easier. Some people > put the list address in CC so with MUAs like SquirrelMail it is a bit > difficult to filter the messages. A very effective method of filtering is to look for the List-ID: header. Most mail software won't display it to you without persuasion, but for freebsd-questions@... it looks like this: [...] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> [...] Mailing lists should nowadays include a List-ID: header in the mails they send out. [RFC 2919 if you're that interested] Sorting messages based on it is, I find, generally the most accurate way to classify them correctly. It's very easy to do in procmail -- too obvious to bother giving an example. In thunderbird, you have go into Tools:Message Filters, then hit New to create a new rule, then choose 'Customize' from the 'Subject' pull-down. Unfortunately squirrelmail is not a software package I know much about, but I'd expect any reasonably competent e-mail client to be able to filter on arbitrary mail headers without too much trouble. Cheers Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFl8nz8Mjk52CukIwRCNEFAKCMKxXqunqO++2cgN2QJBrp/gORpACfXqPK D8r9PzArVMmHlHl3wzayHQo= =48Od -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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