From lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Wed Aug 07 21:56:43 1996 Received: from punt4.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA13727 ; Wed, 07 Aug 96 21:56:42 BST Received: from punt-4.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 839378516:24387:1; Wed, 07 Aug 96 01:41:56 BST Received: from cunyvm.cuny.edu ([128.228.1.2]) by punt-4.mail.demon.net id aa24125; 7 Aug 96 1:41 +0100 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 8418; Tue, 06 Aug 96 20:41:08 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 2680; Tue, 06 Aug 96 20:40:39 EDT Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 17:40:43 -0700 Reply-To: Edward Cherlin Sender: Lojban list From: Edward Cherlin Subject: Re: Mail identification X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <839378465.24125.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Status: R Somebody (my apologies) wrote: >*Lojban* > >As a newbie who has been here less than a week, I find that I tend to >agree with Frank that some systematic >method of identifying mail from the list would be helpful. > >Bob mentioned that he filtered on the basis of >the FROM line in the header. That solution does not work for me, as his >was the only message I've received that had anything identifying lojban >in the FROM line. I found that the SENDER line has the listserver >identifier, but I don't normally see that line as I have my reader >(Netscape) set for abbreviated headers. I suppose the solution in my >case is to buckle down and learn how to use procmail to presort my >incoming mail, but for the non-UNIX users this probably is not an >alternative. [snip] I use Eudora Pro, which shows me the Sender line and allows me to filter based on it. The result is that all of my Lojban mail is labeled, colored, and sorted together. If I wanted to, I could have it all moved to another folder. Edward Cherlin Helping Newbies to become "knowbies" Point Top 5% Vice President http://www.newbie.net/Mentors/Cherlin of Web sites NewbieNet, Inc. Everything should be made as simple as possible, cherlin@newbie.net __but no simpler__. Albert Einstein