First I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my comment. I apologize about the length of this message. It combines the current comments and I'm attempting to show that not every message has a uniform header. So please bear with it and read on.
>From dragon!cogs.susx.ac.uk!luisgh Wed Apr 9 01:08:58 1997 >Return-Path: <dragon!cogs.susx.ac.uk!luisgh> >Received: from dragon by westgac3.dragon.com > with uucp id m0wEpcg-000FxvC > (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Wed, 9 Apr 1997 01:08:42 -0400 (EDT) >Received: by vecnet.com (DECUS UUCP /2.0/2.0/2.0/); > Tue, 8 Apr 97 10:49:34 EDT >Received: from rsunx.crn.cogs.susx.ac.uk by antaries.vec.net (MX V4.2 VAX) with > SMTP; Tue, 08 Apr 1997 10:46:04 EST >Received: from masca.crn.cogs.susx.ac.uk by rsunx.crn.cogs.susx.ac.uk with smtp > (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0wEc6L-0002zGC; Tue, 8 Apr 97 15:42 BST >Received: by masca.crn.cogs.susx.ac.uk id m0wEc3F-00014zC (Debian Smail-3.2 > 1996-Jul-4 #2); Tue, 8 Apr 1997 15:38:53 +0100 (BST) >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luis Francisco Gonzalez) >Subject: Re: How to modify subject of incoming emails using procmail >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" at "Apr 8, 97 08:57:35 am" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 15:38:53 +0100 (BST) >X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Length: 802 >Status: RO > >> I'd like to comment on this. If the debian-* list administrator(s) would edit >> the debian-*.config files and change the "subject_prefix" option to reflect >> the appropriate list, then all of the filtering would be easier on the >> members > [snip] >You can use the special headers X-Mailing-List to do the filtering. > >Hope this helps! >Luis. Ok Luis, please take a look the snapshot of the header from your own message. Where is the "X-Mailing-List" line? I must be blind 8-) I can't seem to find it. 8-) To Johannes Martinez, Thanks for the comment. I can't say for certain whether or not the threads would be affected. If the threading reader inspects the whole line rather than just the first one or two words, I would guess that additional information should not "munge" the threads. >From dragon!unex.es!sanvila Wed Apr 9 01:09:32 1997 >Return-Path: <dragon!unex.es!sanvila> >Received: from dragon by westgac3.dragon.com > with uucp id m0wEpck-000FxcC > (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Wed, 9 Apr 1997 01:08:46 -0400 (EDT) >Received: by vecnet.com (DECUS UUCP /2.0/2.0/2.0/); > Tue, 8 Apr 97 13:30:18 EDT >Received: from debian.novare.net by antaries.vec.net (MX V4.2 VAX) with SMTP; > Tue, 08 Apr 1997 13:30:13 EST >Received: (qmail 14915 invoked by uid 38); 8 Apr 1997 17:33:07 -0000 >Resent-Date: 8 Apr 1997 17:33:07 -0000 >Resent-CC: recipient list not shown: ; >X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Authentication-Warning: guadiana.unex.es: sanvila owned process doing -bs >Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:22:04 +0200 (MET DST) >From: Santiago Vila Doncel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: How to modify subject of incoming emails using procmail >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >Resent-Message-ID: <"-F-ng.0.de3.G5eIp"@debian> >Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org >X-Mailing-List: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/2234 >X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Status: RO > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >On Tue, 8 Apr 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] There is absolutely no need to munge the Subject line, since you have already the Resent-Sender field. [snip] Hola Santiago Vila, I'm curious, but where is the "Resent-Sender" field in the header of your message? What do you make of the header of the message from Luis? 8-) >From dragon!tapiola.infodrom.north.de!joey Wed Apr 9 01:23:01 1997 >Return-Path: <dragon!tapiola.infodrom.north.de!joey> >Received: from dragon by westgac3.dragon.com > with uucp id m0wEpcl-000Fy2C > (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Wed, 9 Apr 1997 01:08:47 -0400 (EDT) >Received: by vecnet.com (DECUS UUCP /2.0/2.0/2.0/); > Tue, 8 Apr 97 13:42:20 EDT >Received: from gimli.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE by antaries.vec.net (MX V4.2 > VAX) with SMTP; Tue, 08 Apr 1997 13:42:14 EST >Received: by gimli.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE (Smail3.1.29.1) id > <m0wEeth-0003N0C>; Tue, 8 Apr 97 19:41 CST >Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (/\##/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.12 Joey) by > finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE from tapiola.Infodrom.North.DE with smtp > id <m0wEeuA-000VMOC>; Tue, 8 Apr 97 19:42 MET DST >Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #19) by > tapiola.Infodrom.North.DE id <m0wEevq-0003gkC>; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 > 19:43:46 +0200 (MET DST) >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 19:43:45 +0200 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schulze) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: How to modify subject of incoming emails using procmail >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Apr 8, 1997 08:57:55 -0400 >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Mailer: Mutt 0.45 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Status: RO > > [snip] >All Debian lists contain a line like the following: > >X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org Thanks for the comment, Joey. However, I must be blind. I can't seem to find the "X-Loop" field in 2 of the three headers presented from the debian list. The headers are verbatim snapshots of the typical messages that I receive from the debian-user list. What do you think? To Brian White, Thanks for the filter list. Please inspect the above headers and let me know if your list would correctly filter them. While your filter is very comprehensive, I believe that it would not filter messages which lack the "X-Mailing-List" field. >Hi, > > Not to be left behind, mailagent users can try: >======================================================================== ># The mailing lists I subscribe to: >#get Debian stuf outa here first >X-Mailing-List X-Loop To Cc Resent-From Resent-To Resent-Reply-To: > /DEBIAN/i { VACATION off; UNIQUE -a; REJECT Debian }; > ># ># munch, munch ># > ><Debian> X-Mailing-List X-Loop To Cc Resent-From Resent-To Resent-Reply-To: > /(debian-[\w-]+)(-(request|dist))[EMAIL PROTECTED]/i > { ASSIGN list %1; > SUBST #list /-(request|dist)//gi; > SUBST #list /devel-changes/changes/i; > ANNOTATE X-Debian-list %#list; > SAVE %#list.spool}; ><Debian> All: /./ { ANNOTATE X-Debian-list Unknown; SAVE debian.spool}; >======================================================================== > > manoj Thanks for the filter. Based on the headers that I see day to day, Your filter appears to be the only one which will correctly catch all the variations of debian-user messages. Thanks! -- -= Sent by Debian 1.2 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL [EMAIL PROTECTED] --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. ....- -.-. .. -.-