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Date:      Sat, 07 Sep 2002 13:31:51 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Kirk Bailey <idiot1@netzero.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: subject prepending
Message-ID:  <3D7A6237.1060409@owt.com>
References:  <20020907123332.C50910-100000@atlas.home> <3D7A5945.7541BEED@netzero.net> <20020907201506.GB1680@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <3D7A5FDA.C7CC98FA@netzero.net>

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Kirk Bailey wrote:

> I cannot set up to filter the List-ID: field in 4.74, alas. It does not offer
> that option. Possibly 6 does?
> 


I use Netscape Messenger 6.2.3 and use the to and cc option. This 
option was basically the same on 4.7x and 6.x. I looked at my filter 
options and list-id was not one of them. I find that Messenger goes 
strange on you when your folders get 1000+ messages in some of them.

Kent


> 
> 
> Matthew Seaman wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 03:53:41PM -0400, Kirk Bailey wrote:
>>
>>>On this message being replied to, I show these headers:
>>>
>>>Subject: Re: subject prepending
>>>   Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 12:36:18 -0700 (PDT)
>>>   From: "M.T." <mbsd@pacbell.net>
>>>     To: Kirk Bailey <idiot1@netzero.net>
>>>     CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
>>>
>>>If I filter on 'From:', it's not going to work, as you chose to send
>>>it here in the CC field. A subject field keyed to the list's name,
>>>will work simply, no matter HOW you get it to the server, short of
>>>sending it there in a hand basket on parchment.
>>>
>>You're using:
>>
>>    X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U)
>>
>>By default that program will not display all of the message headers
>>--- you need to select the 'View all headers' option in order to do
>>that.  I haven't used Netscape 4.x for quite a while now, so I can't
>>remember the exact sequence of operations to do that.  However, if you
>>go to the File menu and select "Save As..." and save a message as a
>>.txt file you can then open it in Notepad or the like and see all of
>>the headers.
>>
>>Now, I know from experience that Netscape's filtering functionality is
>>perfectly capable of filtering on any SMTP header, although you will
>>probably have to set it up as a custom item as only a few common
>>headers are supplied as "pre-packaged" targets.  It shouldn't be too
>>taxing to configure.  I reckon "List-ID" is probably a tad more
>>effective than "Sender:" as a filtering term, but that's really a
>>matter of taste.
>>
>>        Cheers,
>>
>>        Matthew
>>
>>--
>>Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.                       26 The Paddocks
>>                                                      Savill Way
>>                                                      Marlow
>>Tel: +44 1628 476614                                  Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
>>
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> 


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