[ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

William Anderson neuro at well.com
Sun Aug 16 21:05:49 BST 2009


James Milligan wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> 5. 'Match any of the following'
> 
> 6. Subject -> Contains -> '[ubuntu-uk]' for the Ubuntu UK list (this one)

This will fail if someone replies to you directly (i.e. not a reply to
the mailing list) using a message you posted to the list, as unless the
subject line is edited, it will still contain [ubuntu-uk].  You're also
less likely to accidentally reply to the list from a mail sent directly
to yourself, thus you won't accidentally expose any personal information.

For mailman mailing lists such as this, you're better to match as follows:

- instead of choosing 'Subject', select 'Customize' from the drop down
- in the New Message Header dialog, type X-BeenThere then click Add,
  then OK
- select X-BeenThere, select is, then type ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
- click OK (assuming you've left the folder move action alone)

Now if someone replies to you directly, it will land in your inbox
instead of being lost within the list posts themselves.  If you want to
do that, of course :)

If you're subscribed to a majordomo list or a list fed by other
software, use Ctrl+U when reading a message to see the headers and you
can figure it out from there, e.g. List-Id is a popular one.

-n



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