From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 15:06:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90D6D16A407 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:06:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2906A13C44C for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:06:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x37so6167121nfc for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:06:16 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=FlmH8hy9vsuzu4xc2VYJzkCcc+0dEp3UVZAyT4G9JjjGezCIM87I7HDq1uMJL1q+IpsX+eccgXGabUTIzP1ZkT/FTnoatDsCXqNPjMQXR/pgXtEau/C2wkyK7FRXlZySMayoLH5jyRrZMJ0uUdlsBjYvT/Zxvj7Cdh7ZfCjclZE= Received: by 10.78.193.19 with SMTP id q19mr3066140huf.1167577576845; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:06:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.167.16 with HTTP; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:06:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:06:16 +0300 From: "Andrew Pantyukhin" Sender: infofarmer@gmail.com To: "Matthew Seaman" In-Reply-To: <4597C9EC.4000008@infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <60405.192.168.11.7.1167571842.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> <4597C9EC.4000008@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Google-Sender-Auth: db71bb8491eea603 Cc: Zbigniew Szalbot , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing subject of this list? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:06:18 -0000 On 12/31/06, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > > > All the best for the New Year to everyone. By the way, would it be > > possible for this list to introduce a subject prefix like [FBSDQ] or > > something along this line? It would make sorting much easier. Some people > > put the list address in CC so with MUAs like SquirrelMail it is a bit > > difficult to filter the messages. > > A very effective method of filtering is to look for the List-ID: header. > Most mail software won't display it to you without persuasion, but > for freebsd-questions@... it looks like this: > > [...] > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 > Precedence: list > List-Id: User questions > List-Unsubscribe: , > > [...] > > Mailing lists should nowadays include a List-ID: header in the mails they > send out. [RFC 2919 if you're that interested] Sorting messages based on > it is, I find, generally the most accurate way to classify them correctly. > > It's very easy to do in procmail -- too obvious to bother giving an > example. In thunderbird, you have go into Tools:Message Filters, then > hit New to create a new rule, then choose 'Customize' from the 'Subject' > pull-down. Unfortunately squirrelmail is not a software package I know > much about, but I'd expect any reasonably competent e-mail client to > be able to filter on arbitrary mail headers without too much trouble. In gmail it's undocumented, but you can use listid search operator to search and filter by List-ID.