On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 08:08:32AM +0500, Mihail Konev wrote:
Hi list,
What is the supposed way of keeping messages from a mailing list in a
dedicated folder?
Right now I'm using
folder-hook +INBOX 'macro index \Cw "T~h \"To:
mailing-list\"<return>;s\Cu=mailing-list<return><return>$<return>"'
i.e. tag everything "To: mailing-list", then move all tagged messages to
"=mailing-list" folder.
Which works for a single list.
But this looks improper, unreliable,
and unefficient (has to purge messages for every list; requires to press
Ctrl-W).
I tried appending a second "T~h...$<return>" for a different list,
but this shuffled message destinations (were it typos, bugs, or
whatever).
This just seems not to be the intended way.
As noted by other people, this is better suited to your MDA (mail
delivery agent). Whether that be procmail or mailfilter or sieve or
whatever, these are the basic rules that I use:
if header "list-post" exists and matches /<mailto:([a-z_0-9-]+)[.@]/
move to folder $1
if header "list-id" exists and matches /<([a-z_0-9-]+)[.@]/ or
/^\\s*<?([a-z_0-9-]+)[.@]/
move it to folder $1
if header "x-list-id" exists and matches /<([a-z_0-9-]+)\./
move it to folder $1
if header "x-mailing-list" exists and matches /\s*([a-z_0-9-]+)@?/
move it to folder $1
if header "x-loop" exists and matches /^\s*(a-z_0-9-]+)@?/
move it to folder $1
if header "from" matches /owner-([a-z_0-9-]+)-outgoing@/ or
/owner-([a-z_0-9-]+)@/ or if header "Sender" matches
/owner-([a-z_0-9-]+)@/
move it to folder $1
if header "from" matches /([a-z_0-9-]+)-request@/
move it to folder $1
That seems to cover most mailing lists I'm subscribed to and, in case
you hadn't worked it out, moves messages into folders based on the
mailing list's name. Feel free to adapt to your own needs and implement
however you need to depending on your particular MDA.
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