Re: Recommended mail filters for use with mutt?

[Joseph <syscon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/03/08 20:41, Christian Ebert wrote:
> > > # Catch lists on List-Post
> > > :0
> > > * ^List-Post:.*mailto:\/[^@]+
> > > Lists/$MATCH/
> >
> > I have in .muttrc
> > lists hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx ledger-smb-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > bricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mutt-users@xxxxxxxx
> >
> > but the above formula did not sort the incoming mail into the correct
> > mailboxes.
> > What am I missing? :-/
>
> [^@]+ includes everything up to the first "@". -- My personal
> preference for Maildir names.
>
> Also above rule is for Maildir, not mbox. For mbox, and your
> naming scheme, it should be something like:
>
> :0:
> * ^List-Post:.*mailto:\/[^>]+
> Lists/$MATCH/
>
>
> Also be aware that not /every/ mailing list inserts a List-Post
> header.

Thanks Christian, that is what I was missing; now it works - procmailrc is 
several lines shorter :-)

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#Joseph