[OT] List Mail From Address SOLVED

[Mark LaPierre]

Tim wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 23:16 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>   
>> Is it possible to get the list mail to bear the return address of the 
>> mail list instead of the address of the person who sent the mail to the 
>> list?
>>
>> I've subscribed to several other lists that work that way.
>>     
>
> Just because you've used some broken mailing lists doesn't mean others
> should follow in their example.  This list works the way that just about
> every other list I've ever used does.
>
> The "to" address shows where the message went to (the list).
> The "from" address shows where it came from (the author).
> The "reply-to" address shows where replies should go to (the list).
>
> The one deviation from the bad is this list's "subject" line shows the
> subject, and doesn't have any other [crap] inserted.
>
> The from address shouldn't be the list, the message isn't actually
> *from* the list, it's just coming through it.
>
>   
>> It makes it so much easier to sort out all the list email from all my
>> normal email. 
>>     
>
> Back in the days of when I had a decent mail client (on the Amiga, by
> the way), I did what most people on mailing lists did.  We sorted our
> list mail into different folders, one per list.  Using something unique
> to each list.  In this case, your best choices are the reply-to or
> list-id headers.  You could also use the to address, although you can
> sometimes mis-filter a CC'd or forwarded message, that way.
>
>   
Hey Y'all,

Thanks for the great suggestions. I've settled on the "Recipient" header 
in combination with the string filter.