Dragaera

A request for a list tag in the subject

Casey Rousseau casey at the-bat.net
Tue Mar 15 06:47:16 PST 2005

Grady Brandt  wrote:
> > From: David Dyer-Bennet [mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net]
> > Nope, we don't want to do that.  Perfectly possible, though, just to
> > avoid dodging the technical question.
> > 
> > Subject is not the best thing to use for sorting the messages into
> > separate folders.  You should use the List-Id: header.
> 
> This isn't (as far as I can tell) possible using Outlook's rule system.
> Of course I can match on dragaera at dragaera.info in any of the
> destination fields, but that's as much a band-aid as the subject line
> and doesn't have the benefit of catching personal replies generated by
> the list. Before I get any rotten produce about using Outlook, I have 
> no choice at this address and this is the only address I actually check
> on anything like a regular basis.

I use Outlook both at home and at work for a number of reasons.  If anyone
needs advice on setting up rules, etc. to sort list mail, I'd be happy to
share my experience offline.