Re: [LUG] Thunderbird problem

[Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Charrett wrote:

> By default, majordomo doesn't generate those headers.  I added them to 
> the configuration at Neil W's request.
>
> To be honest getting all mailing lists in the world to be consistant 
> sounds a pretty impossible task! 

Oops.  Apologies for stirring up what appears to be a hornet's nest.  
The only reason I asked the question was simply that filtering based on 
a white mail list is to all intents and purposes impossible for anyone 
subscribed to a mailing list.  The filter I was referring to *only* 
works properly by referring to addresses in the recipient's address 
book.  In other words "If it's not in the address book, bin it".

It is *not* a question of being unable to filter out spam which has been 
suggested elsewhere, that couldn't be simpler - click the message in the 
Junk column and then delete all mail marked as Junk.  The point I was 
trying to make is that there is no real point in the facility to operate 
a white list existing if the bulk of email received is from a source 
that cannot be filtered using it.

I do take the point that was made regarding it not being possible to 
look for mail from a specific person as easily if the mail all comes 
from the one address.  It comes down to a choice between wasting 60-70% 
daily of my email bandwidth downloading rubbish that will be deleted 
immediately and being able to find an email that was sent recently, or a 
zero spam and having to look a bit harder.  My personal choice would be 
option 2, although I respect that not everyone feels that way.

I'll have a play with the filters on my system to see if I can get a 
configuation that works.  If I do I'll let you all know.

Kind regards,

Julian

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