FYI - In case anyone is interested, I think I figured it out.
I sent myself a couple of messages without subjects using Outlook and
Outlook Express, and noticed that if there was no subject, the word
"Subject" did not appear in the header.
- If it is true that the message rule for a list is applied before delivery
to the list server - that is, before the list server modifies the subject,
then this will work
H!~Subject:filtered
It shouldn't work for me if the message rule for a list is applied AFTER
delivery to the list server, however, because (with subject modification)
the list server will add the line
Subject: [World]
to the header.
The manual seems to indicate that the rule is applied before a message gets
to the list server - I have added this rule, but I'm afraid to test it, lest
I set a bad example for the list.
I will just wait and see what happens the next time someone screws up.
By the way, is anyone else USING message rules for lists?
Gary Mauer
Window Cleaning Network
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.window-cleaning-net.com/
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> Subject: [IMail Forum] filter for lists
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>
> How can I filter for a message that has no subject? - that is, where the
> sender left the subject line blank.
> I tried this -
> S!~.:filtered
> - but it didn't work.
>
> I have subject modification enabled, but I was under the impression that
> filtering occurred before the subject was modified.
> Anyway - when someone sends a message to the list, the so the subject line
> in the header looks like this
> Subject: [World]
> (with 2 spaces)
> Attempts to filter for THAT end up catching ALL messages.
>
> Any idea what will work?
>
> Gary Mauer
> Window Cleaning Network
> Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA
>
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> http://www.window-cleaning-net.com/
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