Re: OT: how to easily identify posts coming from this list

[Jay Crews <jpc jaycrews com>]

Vir Calimlim writes....
> 
> the way i see it, the "Message Rule" works only with POP3* server but as you
> can see, i have a hotmail account which uses HTTP. message filtering (spam &
> non-spam only) is done at the hotmail site and does not use those of OE's.

Doesn't your ISP provide you with free POP mail?
How do you connect your Linux box to the world?

Most give 4 or 5 anyway.

> 
> i used to download my emails from yahoo when their pop3 service was still
> free. there used to be mailandnews and turbosport but they've both closed
> shop. i'm hesitant to transfer to new (untested by time) web email sites
> that provides free pop3 service with the anxiety that they might close shop
> as well sooner or later.

Which they prpbably will "close shop" on you or start charging
after a while.  Makes sense though.  What's their incentive?
I mean, if you go to their website to read your mail, they can
blast you with lots of ads.  Just collecting your mail for you
and handing it out via POP is all effort on their part and they
get no return on it.

You may just have to break down and spend a few bucks.  But not
much.

First, register a domain.  I use DirectNIC.com and it's $15.00
a year.  They you can set the forward to whatever place you want 
your mail to go without having to tell all you pals your new
email address everytime you want to want to test a new POP server.

If you are still unhappy with the free stuff you find (or "not find"),
break down and pay $10-15/year for POP.
Of course you could always keep your machine up 24X7 and run your
own mailserver.
......I'm still wondering why your ISP doesn't give you POP mail.....


Your origional filtering question.
procmail

Set up your procmail rules/recipes.
Use fetchmail to pull mail from your outside POP server.
Then read your mail from your local machine.


> 
> ---
> *  POP3 email services give you mailbox space on a server, from where you
> can retrieve your email using an email client such as Outlook Express or
> Eudora.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Jones" <cj cr-jay ca>
> > From your email I see that you are using Outlook Express version 6. Same
> > program I use. It is very easy to create a "Message Rule" that will
> > transfer a folder you create ie. "Redhat".  "Check the manual"
> 
>  At 00:04 27/11/2003, Vir Calimlim wrote:
> > my email browser isn't that sophisticated. i only have 2 filter
> categories,
> > spam and non-spam. all non-spam go to the inbox. however a few spam mails
> > still slip through and find their way to the inbox. unnecessary eye strain
> > from doing an occular inspection of a long list can be avoided through
> easy
> > identification of legitimate non-spam mails.
> >
> > let's say a program can be written to insert that identifying mark (eg
> RHIL)
> > infront of the subject line, isn't it more efficient that this is done at
> > the server side where it is processed just once rather than at the client
> > side where the effort is duplicated several times?
> >
> > thanks
> > vir
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob McClure Jr" <robertmcclure earthlink net>
> > Well, I'm not the list owner, but it looks like it should be simple
> > enough to filter on this line:
> >
> > Reply-To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> >
> > That's always, always, always in the headers of RHIL and only RHIL
> > mail.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> > robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
> > Peace is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it.
> >
> 
>  On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 11:16:53AM +0800, Vir Calimlim wrote:
> > To the List Owner:
> >
> > I recently joined this list and thank you for accepting my subscription.
> >
> > Is there an easy way to distinguish emails coming from this list from the
> > rest of those in my inbox without having to open them individually?
> > Filtering through "From" is not a sure thing as spam mails still gets into
> > my inbox and it's hard to distinguish without having to open the
> individual
> > emails. I'm also subscribed to several other lists mostly from yahoogroups
> > and posts are easily identifiable with the name of the list appearing in
> the
> > subject line enclosed in brackets and this is done automatically by the
> > system. Is there a way to do the same here or something similar? A
> > simple "[rh-install]" appearing infront of the subject line should
> suffice.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Vir Calimlim
> >
> 
> 
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