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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: RE : Off Subject: Mailing list modification requestRe: RE : Off Subject: Mailing list modification request
From: Chris Hoekstra <chris_hoekstra_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:40:02 -0500 FWIW, I agree that we don't need to clutter up the subject line, but here is the problem as I understand it, and a solution I have used in the past for this same problem. First, the gentleman, SeeSchloß, can receive his email on his phone via SMS. However, many providers either charge per message, or truncate at a certain size. Additionally, the constant stream of messages coming in to one's phone would be annoying. So he wants to filter the rockbox messages so they don't get sent to his phone and bother him, yet his other email would still get sent. However, his cell phone provider only offers the option to filter based on subject, and since there is no unique identifier in the subject, he is out of luck. I wanted this exact same feature for my pagewriter a few years ago, yet I just wanted to see the subject, so I knew if I should login and read any email that was important. Plus, many of my emails are automated and contain information (machines up, people logging in, etc etc) and include that in the subject line, so the subject was all I needed. Anyway, I just wrote a simple script that got called from my .forward file, that would get each email, analyze it to see if I should send it to my pager (in SeeSchloß's case the To: line does NOT have rockbox in it), and then pass it along to my pager as well as my normal email. The rest of the email is then sent along to my normal email account only, and everything hums along fine and dandy. The same concept is easily done for a phone that handles text/sms. The only requirement is a bit of scripting knowledge, basic understanding of SMTP, and perhaps a linux/unix box if one doesn't want to do this on a windows box. Just some ideas, Chris Michael O'Quinn wrote: >Actually, it's common practice for mailing list subject lines to include >such a header at the beginning of the subject line. > >I don't understand what you are saying about your phone provider. Do you >mean that you DO have your phone provider forward your messages? How does >50 messages per day relate to this particular problem, and why do you want >the identifier at the end of the line? I suspect those are somehow >connected, but if so I don't see it. > >FWIW, I agree that a unique list identifier *would* be helpful on the >subject line. Perhaps... > > [ROCK] Sample Subject Line > >..would be less objectionable to those with limited width displays. It >should definitely be at the beginning of the line, since the purpose is to >be able to pick them out easily when scanning a screen full of subject >lines. > >Michael > > >On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, SeeSchloß wrote: > > > >>Well my phone provider can send my emails to my cell phone, but the only >>way to filter them is by using the subject line... (and I don't want to >>have 50 messages per day) >> >>Maybe [ROCKBOX] could be at the end of the line ? >> >>SeeSchloß >>__________________ >>"When the rich make war it's the poor that die." - Jean-Paul Sartre >> >>http://gpu.sf.net/ >> >> >> >> >> >>>it should be easy to filter on owner-rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se or >>>rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se >>>(i dont have problems with it with eudora) >>> >>>filip >>> >>>At 11:36 18/04/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I was wondering if it s possible for us to get like [ROCKBOX] in the >>>>Subject title automatically. I subscribe to another >>>> >>>> >>>majordomo list and it >>> >>> >>>>has [AWN] in the beginning of the subject line on any >>>> >>>> >>>message sent to the >>> >>> >>>>list automatically and it makes it way easier to filter >>>> >>>> >>>messages. I think >>> >>> >>>>this would be handy since there a lot of volume in this mailing list. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Example for this message would be: >>>> >>>>Subject: [ROCKBOX] Off Subject: Mailing list modification request >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Daniel >>>> >>>> > > > > Received on 2003-04-18 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |