On 2019-06-25 09:26, Bill Cole wrote:
> > PS: I do not need an additional copy of list emails. I get
> > very tired of getting them. If your MUA does not have
> > a "reply to list" button, please get a better one.
> > I swear, I'm going to start deliberately ignoring anyone
> > who sends me a useless copy, real soon now.
>
> I entirely concur, but it is an understandable error given what the
> mailing list is now doing to sidestep DMARC risks:
>
> > From: Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <exim-users@???>
> > Reply-To: Jeremy Harris <jgh@???>
It is very unlikely to be of direct use to others, but nonetheless here
is what I do to mitigate the problem. I download my messages from the
server in two steps/passes: first all list messages (those with a
List-Post header), then all other messages. Each downloaded message
passes through a "formail -D " step before it drops into a folder on my
desktop. This way unwanted personal copies are almost always filtered.
The only scenarios where this will fail are: the personal copy arrives
on the server much sooner than the list copy and is downloaded by an
earlier run, or the sender is devious enough to set 2 distinct
Message-IDs. So far neither has happened to me in the year+ I've been
with this setup.
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