Subject: Re: [abiword-dev] apropos subject here
From: Benoit Rouits (Benoit.Rouits@cetelem.fr)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 10:42:47 CST
Well,
It's too easy to make a filter for MUAs even like Netscape 4.7:
Edit>Message Filters>New>
Match any of : "sender contains abiword-dev" | "to or CC contains
abiword-dev"
Moveto>AbiDevML>OK
So why boring with subjects like [abiword-dev] ... ?
Please, learn how to use your MUA ...
Ben
John Buell wrote:
>
> On Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 09:12 AM, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
>
> > According to James Ogley <james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk>:
> >> Might it be possible to have the list server do this?
> >>
> >> abiword-dev is the only mailing list I subscribe to that doesn't do
> >> this
> >> automatically...
> >
> > It is not the only one, and we won't do it. If you want to separate
> > lists
> > from the rest, which is the best recommendation I can make to heavy mail
> > user, filter on the Sender: header (for this least at least) and
> > pre-sort
> > them to folder. I do this on the mail server that my provider offers,
> > but
> > POPers can do it in their e-mail client. Considering that I did this in
> > Eudora years ago (back in the days I did not use Mutt, ie more than 4
> > years
> > ago) I consider that this is not a problem for anyone in 2001.
> >
> > I'd vote against prefacing subject.
> >
> > Hub
> >
> >
>
> Better idea: since all of the developers don't want this in their
> subject lines, and I'm sick of hearing about it, why not have the server
> kill all messages that include this debate and get on with it? (I guess
> that includes this message too huh? :)
>
> -John
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