At 13:30 16/10/2002, you wrote: >[Please don't top-post. If you don't know what top-posting is, check >Google.]
sorry, a slip of the brain. > >Not at all, [subject tags] are ideal to use for email rules to sort > >into different folders. > >No, they suck for filtering messages into different folders for >exactly the reason that this thread is taking place: they're not >guaranteed to be unique. A much better field to filter upon is >Return-Path. If your MUA is lame and can't filter by regular >expressions--which is necessary for lists that use VERPs--then you can >use Mailing-List. The RP on this message is meaningless via a vis the mail list. "Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> " >I use qmail extension addresses: I subscribe to each list with a >unique address and file incoming messages without filtering using a >.qmail file dedicated to the list's subscribed address. No filtering >overhead, no unreliable heuristics, and no trash necessary in the >Subject field. I am still on Windoze I am afraid. although I do use Eudora as a mail client. I woiuld love to use linux as workstation (i use it for the server), but my work excludes this possibility just now (I program in Delphi, among other things) cheers Brian Brian J Read www.abandonmicrosoft.co.uk www.theonlineorganiser.com www.thepersonalknowledgebase.com Mitel SMEserver Contributions and Howtos: www.abandonmicrosoft.co.uk/abandon/links.html +44 1695 723723 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
