Re: lists and subscribe commands and the To: header

[Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wednesday, June 20 at 01:31 PM, quoth Omari Norman:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 07:04:43AM -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
>> Generally, the lists and subscribe commands just add addresses to 
>> an internal list. This list is then consulted for several things. 
>> For example, it is used for the ~l pattern (which, according to the 
>> manual, matches "messages addressed to a known mailing list").
>
> I must be confused about what those two commands do, then. I thought 
> those commands mark messages as being from a list.

Yeah, no, they don't mark anything, they just build up an internal 
data structure (list) of addresses.

> I was wondering how to make ~l work for messages that came from a 
> list, but were not addressed to the list.

... I don't think that'll work. Mutt only checks the To, 
Apparently-To, and CC headers for addresses to determine whether a 
message will match ~l (and ~u) or not. Messages *must* be addressed to 
a list in order to be considered to be associated with a list.

Now, it's probably fair criticism if you want to say that mutt should 
also check List-Post and/or List-ID headers (if they exist), but for 
good or ill, it does not currently (file a bug report). Other than 
that, though, how do you think mutt *should* identify messages as 
being from a list?

> Also I was wondering how to make the "L" flag appear for such 
> messages. Apparently I was asking the wrong question.

Hopefully you're getting closer to useful answers!

~Kyle
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