Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 23:16 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > >> Is it possible to get the list mail to bear the return address of the >> mail list instead of the address of the person who sent the mail to the >> list? >> >> I've subscribed to several other lists that work that way. >> > > Just because you've used some broken mailing lists doesn't mean others > should follow in their example. This list works the way that just about > every other list I've ever used does. > > The "to" address shows where the message went to (the list). > The "from" address shows where it came from (the author). > The "reply-to" address shows where replies should go to (the list). > > The one deviation from the bad is this list's "subject" line shows the > subject, and doesn't have any other [crap] inserted. > > The from address shouldn't be the list, the message isn't actually > *from* the list, it's just coming through it. > > >> It makes it so much easier to sort out all the list email from all my >> normal email. >> > > Back in the days of when I had a decent mail client (on the Amiga, by > the way), I did what most people on mailing lists did. We sorted our > list mail into different folders, one per list. Using something unique > to each list. In this case, your best choices are the reply-to or > list-id headers. You could also use the to address, although you can > sometimes mis-filter a CC'd or forwarded message, that way. > > Hey Y'all, Thanks for the great suggestions. I've settled on the "Recipient" header in combination with the string filter. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
