Re: [Evolution] message filters not working

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 19:46 +0000, Chris G wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:56:52PM +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > > > The one I created for the evolution-list gnome org works fine, but the
> > > > > ones I have created for my various ubuntu and security mailing lists
> > > > > don't work.  I created all the rules the same.
> > > > >
> > > > > Basically, filter on mailing list and I double-check the mailing-list
> > > > > name/address. I then tell the filter to move the message to a folder on
> > > > > my local system.
> > > >
> > > > The easiest way is to right click on one of the mailing list messages,
> > > > select "Create rule from message" -> "Filter based on mailing list".  If
> > > > there is not the information in the mailing list messages to be able to
> > > > filter, then that option won't be present.
> > > >
> > > > (The mailing list filtering requires certain headers to be present -
> > > > it's not just based on the list mail address - the headers all start
> > > > 'List-')
> > > But *very many* mailing lists don't have those List headers.
> >
> > Sure, but that's not Evo's fault!  In that case you can't filter as a
> > mailing list, you will have to filter on sender address.  The "Filter on
> > Mailing List" *requires* those headers to be present - that's how Evo
> > knows that it's a mailing list email, otherwise it looks like any other
> > email to Evo.
> In the 'real world' that's not very helpful to the user is it.
>
> For this very reason mutt (for example) has configuration options to
> tell it what addresses are mailing lists so it doesn't rely on 'well
> behaved' mailing lists.

I don't see what the problem is!  It's just a convenience, it's not a
generic option saying "if the email is from a mailing list", it is just
another method of classifying an email - the only time it's an advantage
is if the mailing list changes it's address - Evo would still know that
an email is from that mailing list, otherwise it behaves in exactly the
same way as if you had specified a sender address.

P.