Ok, here's a summary of replies regarding sorting of mail by To: fields, or more in general, grouping all list mail together by mailing list. Thanx to all who responded. As you can see, there are a variety of ways to approach this problem. All of these replys were posted to Cypherpunks already, so re-posting is kosher. I've cut out the extra header stuff and the PGP signatures, and edited the messages for brevity.
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From: nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Chael Hall) Subject: Re: Cypher: Subject naming proposal To: collins@socrates.umd.edu (Jim C) Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Can I suggest that any messages posted to cypherpunks start with "Cypher:" in the subject line? The mail from this list is getting mixed in with all my other mail, cause my newsreader (elm) can't sort on "To:" fields. Does anyone else have this problem? Does this idea seem reasonable? JIm C.
I use the following .forward file to make slocal "sort" my mail based upon the contents of the .maildelivery file below. -- $HOME/.forward -- | /usr/lib/mh/slocal -user nowhere <EOF> You should use something like the following .maildelivery file to tell slocal where to put the messages. -- $HOME/.maildelivery -- # # field "pattern" action "command" # To "cypherpunks@toad.com" file ? Mail/cypherpunks This will file messages directed to cypherpunks to a file in your Elm mail directory, but leave all other messages untouched. You have to then choose the folder "=cypherpunks" to read those messages. NOTE: You need to change the path of slocal to the appropriate path for your system. You can find it with the whereis -b command or the find utility. Am I forgetting anything? Chael Hall -- Chael Hall nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu, 00CCHALL@BSUVC.BSU.EDU (317) 285-3648 after 5 pm EST
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From: Crys Rides
On Thu, 18 Mar 93 10:39:46 EST, nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Chael Hall) said:
Hall> I use the following .forward file to make slocal "sort" my mail based Hall> upon the contents of the .maildelivery file below. [snip] Hall> NOTE: You need to change the path of slocal to the appropriate Hall> path for your system. You can find it with the whereis -b command or Hall> the find utility. Am I forgetting anything? Erm, only that this apparently appears to pretty much _require_ switching mailreaders to MH. A more transparent solution can be achieved with the 'procmail' package, available from any comp.sources.misc archive. This package allows rule-based filtering on message content, size, and other factors, and can be installed workably with most mailreaders to my knowledge, without requiring much effort. Crys Rides
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From wimsey.bc.ca!markh@wimsey.com Thu Mar 18 13:: Cypher: Subject naming propos al
There's a program called "filter" (which I think is part of the elm distribution) that I use to automatically route messages from different mailing lists to separate folders, which can then be read at leisure. Very handy! derek
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To: Brad Huntting