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Re: [Q] mail to me AND the list to BOTH places..

1996-12-14 14:51:41
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Philip Guenther wrote:

guenther> I have found that when sorting out mail from mailing lists
guenther> into separate folders/mailboxes/whatever, the *best* (opinion
guenther> alert!) thing to 'sort' on is the Return-Path: header.  Any
guenther> mailing list set up this decade will send out messages with an
guenther> envelope sender of something like: 
guenther> 
guenther>       procmail-request(_at_)Informatik(_dot_)RWTH-Aachen(_dot_)DE
guenther> 
guenther> Most (?) MTAs, and sendmail in particular, will put the
guenther> envelope sender in the Return-Path: header, where it can be
guenther> matched on. 

I find that very few of the lists to which I subscribe have this header. 
I've had to develop my personal criteria on a per list basis. 

Regards,
-- 
   Rick Troxel     Rick_Troxel(_at_)nih(_dot_)gov     
rick(_at_)helix(_dot_)nih(_dot_)gov
     http://www.dc-sage.org/bios/rick_troxel  301/435-2983
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