Filter incoming mail from lists with mailfilter

[Toby]

On 2014-11-04 14:22, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Toby wrote:
>> I got problems with my .mailfilter (maildrop) config. The sorting of
>> incoming emails from different Ubuntu mailing lists fails.
>> 
>> Here is a snippet:
>> 
>> # Debian mailing lists
>> if (/^X-Mailing-List: <debian-announce at lists.debian.org>/)
>>          to "$HOME/Maildir/.Linux.Debian.Announce"
> 
>> # Ubuntu mailing lists
>> if (/^X-BeenThere: ubuntu-server at lists.ubuntu.com>/)
>>          to "$HOME/Maildir/.Linux.Ubuntu.Server"
> 
>> I've had the Debian entry's for years and they still work. I recently
>> signed up for the Ubuntu lists and it fails. All emails from Ubuntu
>> lists ends up i the standard Inbox.
>> 
>> The "X-Mailing-List" header is missing from the Ubuntu lists and it
>> seems "X-BeenThere" does not work. Anyone got a hint for me?
> 
> I have no idea how to write those filters, so I can only guess ...
> 
> If I compare the entries above, I see that you put a ">"  at the end of
> the ubuntu-server entry, but there is no "<" in the same line. I don't
> know if you need both ">" and "<", but if you don't need them for the
> syntax, you should omit the ">" because there is no such character at
> the "X-BeenThere" header.
> 
> There is a "List-Id" header - maybe you can use that one instead of the
> "X-BeenThere".
> 
> 
> Nils

Yes!

It worked. I've been trying to fix this for far longer than I would like 
to admit :D
I got blind I guess.

Thanks

BR
Toby