[sf-lug] How to deal with a high volume of email from a mailing list.

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Adrien Lamothe (alamozzz at yahoo.com):

> For those new to mailing lists, there is a technique for dealing with the
> sometimes lengthy discussions: create a separate email account, at 
> someplace like Yahoo, and use the account for participating in one or
> more mailing lists.

I just have this sort of stuff in my .procmailrc:


### LIST CATCH-ALLS

:0:
* ^X-BeenThere:*
$HOME/inboxes/lists

:0:
* ^X-Loop:*
$HOME/inboxes/lists

:0:
* ^X-Mailing-List:*
$HOME/inboxes/lists

:0:
* ^Mailing-List:*
$HOME/inboxes/lists



### MAILMAN REMINDERS
# Happy mailman day everybody!
:0:
* ^From: .*mailman-owner@
* ^Subject: .* mailing list memberships reminder
$HOME/inboxes/mailman-day

:0:
* ^From: .*listmaster@
* ^Subject: .* mailing list memberships reminder
$HOME/inboxes/mailman-day


### Challenge/Response nagmails to be discarded un-read

:0:
* ^X-Mailer: ispworks-spammgr*
/dev/null


:0:
* ^X-AskVersion*
/dev/null
# Active Spam Killer

:0:
* ^Subject: RE: message [Qurb.*
/dev/null
# Qurb

:0:
* ^From: automated-response at earthlink.net
/dev/null
# Earthlink spamBlocker




Of course, I do the maverick thing of reading mail right on my MTA box,
but the knack should be usable for other situations, too.