Thunderbird message filters

[Wade Smart]

Robert Spanjaard wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:35:20 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
> 
>> Robert Spanjaard wrote:
>>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:13:01 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am required to keep two folders for this project: sent mail and
>>>> received mail. Filtering only on the sender (myself) means its the
>>>> same as a sent box so an extra value is required.I see Mohler posted
>>>> the subject. If one always knew the subject this would work but -
>>>> while I have asked that a std marker be included (for example
>>>> [ubuntu-list] for would be something for this group) so far that has
>>>> not happened. I could add it on each and every message but, that is a
>>>> pain when considering the number of messages.
>>> What exactly are you trying to filter? If it's just this group, both To
>>> and From-headers of all sent messages are the same. (from=you, to=list)
>>>
>>> I know posts to this list are easy to filter (both sent and received),
>>> as I've done it myself. But that's all I can say; I'm using
>>> news.gmane.org nowadays, and I don't remember exactly what the
>>> mailheaders look like.
>>>
>>>
>> 20090317 1733 GMT-5
>>
>> I was just using this group for an example.
>>
>> Im on a project and the company requires I keep a copy of all email sent
>> and received.
> 
> Then you'll have to figure out the details yourself. It's impossible to 
> make suggestions without knowing what the mails look like.
> 

20090317 1742 GMT-5

Well, as I said: they are composed in Thunderbird and sent from me to 
one of 70'ish people working for this project. What does any email look 
like?

Its from me. There is no standard subject line.

I think Clifford is onto something with roundup. Thanks Clifford. Im 
checking that out now :D

Wade

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