[Linux-Anyway] Re: Procmailrc thing
- From: Meph Istopheles <Meph@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:32:40 -0800 (PST)
>> OK. Also, are the square brackets what I'd suggested, as
>> with most lists, or are they only what you'd used? I'd hate
>> to put them in if, for some idiot reason, they're actually
>> commands;-).
> No, they're what you suggested. They're in double quotes so
> they can only be literals.
Cool.
>> Curious: While procmailrc will only send what I tell it
>> to, in this case things from the pine mailing list (which,
>> actually, will have to be in the To line, as the list is set
>> to put the actual sender in the From line), everything I see
>> in formail relates to the From. Will there be any conflict as
>> each would have a different person in the From line?
> If you're attempting to deal with mailing list traffic you
> might find it easier and more reliable to try and identify it
> using a different header. Take a look at this mail when you get
> it, for example. You'll see an "X-list: linux-anyway" header in
> it which will confirm that this is list traffic. In fact,
> that's the mechanism I use to divert traffic from this list to
> the shitcan^W^W its own folder in my mailer :)
> Take a closer look at the headers of a mail from the pine
> mailing list. I'm sure you'll find something to identify list
> traffic fairly accurately.
Alright. I've just set it up plain. If it's not too reliable,
I'll reset on X-list:-).
Thank you.
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