----- Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> [2013-02-12 19:33:30 +1100] ----- :
> It has been particularly annoying that in either case the directly > addressed copy arrives first, so that it is always the list copy which > goes into duplicates. That resulted in list mail in the personal folder. > But none of this is hard to fix. > > In procmail, using the ^TO_ macro and the List-Post address, instead of ^From, > fixes it so that whether To-ed or CC-ed, the first copy to arrive goes to the > list folder. Then the duplicates rule snaffles the latecomer, and there's no > pollution of the personal folder. The thread in the list folder is > complete. > > # Collapse duplicate messages, but not > my > :0 Whc: msgid.lock # posts that I've BCCed, for testing. > * !^From: Erik Christiansen > | formail -D 8192 msgid.cache > # And save duplicates, in case of > recipe > :0 a: # flaws below. (See man procmailex) > duplicates > > > :0: > * ^TO_luv-main@.*whatever.domain > luv-main > > That has served my needs for some time now. YMMV. > > Erik Yes, this is what I do except I simply delete the duplicate. I know lots of people have moved away from or have chosen not to use procmail for, what I'm sure are valid, reasons; however, I find it such a great program. It's good to see the occasional procmail tip, which Erik has provided on a number of occasions now so thanks. It does all my spam filtering, with the aid of SpamAssassin of course, and much more. Just a little random comment from me :-) Jamie -- Primary Key: 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 Key Fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38
