At 11:28 PM 8/1/2004, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote...
>I have Outlook set to put anything with [Elecraft] in the subject line into
>the "Elecraft" message folder. That word is consistent, no matter what
>changes in the address fields.

Consistent, yes. It is also ambiguous. It does not uniquely identify a message 
as coming from the list. If someone does a private (off-list) reply to one of 
your messages, a filter built on such a criteria will end up sorting it in with 
list traffic. I've seen a few embarrassing messages appear on lists as a result 
of this (responses to private messages ending up on a list).

There is a unique header which is present on all messages coming from the list 
server used by Elecraft, which has been available since at least 2001:

 "List-Id: Elecraft Discussion List <elecraft.mailman.qth.net>"

Depending upon your MUA, "Elecraft" in header "List-Id: or "List-Id: Elecraft" 
in headers should be sufficient to unambiguously identify a message as coming 
from this discussion list. I don't know if Elecraft has other lists (a beta 
tester one, perhaps), but if so, a longer string may be needed to uniquely 
identify each for anyone on multiple lists.

For MS Lookout, a rule such as "Apply this rule after the message arrives with 
List-ID: Elecraft in the message header" should work. 

Mike

_______________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): 
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft    
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm
Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com

Reply via email to