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

["Vir Calimlim" <virbcal hotmail com>]

--- From: "Jay Crews" <jpc jaycrews com>
> Doesn't your ISP provide you with free POP mail?

they do but i can't avail of it and that's another story

> How do you connect your Linux box to the world?

i don't think you can ran OE in Linux. i'm still with ms/win and in the
process of performing my first Linux installation. this is where i really
need help which is why i joined this list in the first place.

> 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.

why pay for something when you can get it for free? you'll just need to be a
little more resourceful unless there is no other choice. i do click a few of
the ads from time to time but only those that really interests me.

> Of course you could always keep your machine up 24X7 and run your
> own mailserver.

i'll do that when i've reached that stage.

> 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.

if procmail comes with redhat, i'll get back to this once i get to
customization.


i still say an automated insertion of the list name at the subject line done
at the list server is the best solution to easily identify posts coming from
whicever list. i think i need to read more on the features available on
these redhat lists. it seems to be quite limited.

has anybody here been a rh list-admin and has also tried being a list-owner
at yahoogroups? could you pls provide us a comparison? purpose is to provide
some ideas for improvement of service. tia.