From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@gmx.es> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 21:56:19 -0400 On 2023-08-30 18:54, Bob Rogers wrote:
From: "Carlos E. R." <> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:55:58 -0400
On 2023-08-30 17:38, Bill Walsh wrote:
> I just use the built in spam filters on my mail server and > Thunderbird. After all these years I don't get spam. Now, if I > could just get it off my pone I would be happy.
Nonono. This is not about spam, this is not spam. It is just mail that I want out of sight faster than the important mails. I see it, pay attention briefly, done
In that case, I'm curious why you don't use the "List-ID:" to identify them. It seems to me that would be more stable for legitimate emails than the "From:" address. (And I know you're aware of "List-ID:", because you showed us a procmail recipe on 5-Jul that uses it.)
Well, because it is a different account that I use for purchases, banks, etc. Once I buy something, like a laptop or a phone, they keep sending me adverts for laptops or phones at least once a week. How many do they think I need? I expect a laptop to last 15 years. Well, they do not use mail lists, and I just want the mails gone from sight soonish. You might be surprised about that. When companies send bulk email, as for advertising, they are usually using some kind of mailing list technology. If you look at these messages, you'll find such things as "Unsubscribe:" headers, and that usually includes "List-ID:". If they don't do that, then they get heat for being spammers. So these filters automate this. After a number of days, that allow me to see them, they disappear. I also get bulk advertising emails from companies that I want to see, but don't consider important, so I redirect them to different folders. based on "List-ID:". And the emails they send about such things as product ordering and billing come directly into my inbox, because they are not bulk. And procmail can't be used, they are imap accounts on my ISP, remote. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. But if Thunderbird can filter based on other email headers, I don't see why it shouldn't also be able to handle "List-ID:" headers as well. -- Bob