2009/2/9 NoOp <[email protected]> > On 02/09/2009 01:03 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > > > > Can the new TB or SM filter on the *content* of the header as well as on > its > > "type"? > > Yes of course. Same as the email filter. A header filter wouldn't be > very effective if it couldn't filter on the content of the header... > > > > > Headers have types (don't know the official name): "Reply To", "Delivered > > To" etc. and each type can take any of several values. For example, the > > "Reply To" header can take a (list of) e-mail address(s) as its value. > The > > "Delivered To" header can take as a value "moderator for .." among other > > things. And so on. > > > > The *mail* module of the existing TB can handle user-specified types and > > values. The *news* module can only handle a few built-in types but can > > handle values for the types it knows about. > > > > Can the new SM not handle types and values in both news and mail? > > > > Yes. As mentioned, the problem is that OOo places two identical headers > in the msg. The filter detects the first Delivered-To and find no > 'moderator' in the content, so it goes on to the next filter in the list. > > So there are two bugs here: > > 1. OOo can put 'Delivered-To:moderator...' first, or modify the header > name in exmlm. >
> > 2. SeaMonkey 2.x/Thunderbird 3.x should be able to filter on multiple > headers (similar to multiple 'X-Originating-IP' headers in an email). Today's TB *can* and *does* filter on multiple headers. I've been using it for ages to filter this list as, evidently, have others. > > If you'd like to give TB 3.x a spin to see how it filters this list > (have to stay on topic for OOo :-), you can download and try: > > <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-trunk/> > > SeaMonkey: > <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/latest-trunk/> > If SM can filter on type of header and content then having two headers the same is irrelevant. Filter on type="Delivered To" with value="moderator...". It works right now today in TB so why should it not work in the new SM? -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
