On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:08:03 -0800 David Guntner <da...@guntner.com> wrote:
> berenger.mo...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140306164618.23e24a77@mydesk
