In article <87znsvwlxa.fsf@snark.piermont.com> you write: >The recipient list is a pretty poor way to deal with things when you >get mail sent to multiple lists you're on, and often the To: line ends >up with nothing at all. I filter on envelope recipient. This seems to work very well, although it does cause problems with certain obnoxious lists and list-manager programs (I won't mention any names) which are unable or unwilling to deal with people sending mail using a different address from the one they receive it at. It also lets my MTA do all the work of sorting things for me. (In the case of the IETF list, I just gateway it into a local newsgroup, which works even better since the two people who still remember how to use netnews here do not need to receive separate copies. This also has the salutary effect of running the list traffic through my news server's spam filter. I presently have 93 such lists so gatewayed, although only a tiny number are of any interest to me personally.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | [G]enes make enzymes, and enzymes control the rates of wollman@lcs.mit.edu | chemical processes. Genes do not make ``novelty- Opinions not those of| seeking'' or any other complex and overt behavior. MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)