Re: This list setup

Jonathan Masters (mastersj@periscope-systems.freeserve.co.uk)
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 18:03:13 +0100


Then for God's sake, filter by abiword-user@* I mean how many other people
have an "abiword-user" e-mail account address?

Arcady Genkin wrote:

> Jonathan Masters <mastersj@periscope-systems.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>
> > correctme if I'm wrong but each message is addressed via
> > "abiword-user@abiword.com" so filter by that!
>
> No, actually, like I wrote in my first message, there are already 4
> addresses via which messages are sent to this list. Namely:
>
> abiword-user@abisource.com
> abiword-user@sourcegear.com
> abiword-user@postman.sourcegear.com
> abiword-user@abiword.org
>
> I did have a filter setup for the official addy, but then discovered
> some mailings ended up in my Junk mailbox, because they were addressed
> to some other address. I grew kinda tired of adding yet another alias
> for this list.
>
> Besides, some messages are sent directly to this address, some are
> CC'ed. And if one will be Bcc'ed, then none of my rules will stand,
> because the addy won't show in the header at all.
>
> Here are some examples from other mailing lists which all have some
> sort of unique identification:
>
> ("x-mailing-list" "wm-user" "mail.WindowMaker")
> ("x-mailing-list" "debian-user" "mail.Debian")
> ("x-mailing-list" "exim-announce@exim.org" "mail.Exim-Announce")
> ("x-beenthere" "exim-users@exim.org" "mail.Exim-Users")
> ("delivered-to" "freebsd-questions" "mail.FreeBSD-Questions")
>
> --
> Arcady Genkin
> "... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate
> of eternal blessedness in the other world..." (S. Kierkegaard)

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Jonathan C. Masters                     (jonathan@oxlug.org)
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"Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it".

-- Matthew 16, 17-18



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