On Sat, 14 Dec 1996 21:09:40 -0500 (EST),
Stan Ryckman <stanr(_at_)sunspot(_dot_)tiac(_dot_)net> wrote:
Rick Troxel wrote:
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
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.
I've found that if you have access to "From ", it's the most consistent
for *ALL* types of lists. If you can count on "Return-Path:", that
<...>
I'll argue against using "Return-Path:" unless you want to depend on
information supplied (or not) at the last stage of transport, rather
than by the mailing list itself. Thus, I agree with Rick and
disagree with Philip (from whom I've learned lots though).
Let me just second that, and add that if you match on From_, you'll
actually automagically solve the problem in the Subject line. Stuff
from the list will have the list's From_ line, while mail to you
personally will have the original author's From_ line. (Getting two
copies is IMHO annoying, but to each his own, and that's what
formail -D is there to solve anyway :-)
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