Am 26. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Josef Lowder so:

> The problem with "OT" is not only that some may not
> know what it means, but more important, one cannot
> build filters based on "OT" alone (at least I don't know
> how to do that).  I don't think that sorting by subjects is

It should be. You should be able to set a filter that will recognize
"re:", "fw:" and "fwd:" at prepends to the subject then filter for
subjects that start with "OT " or "OT:". Simple enough in procmail. Just
looked at evolution and it didn't seem so simple, though.

> the issue here, is it?  At least I think the objective is to
> filter and delete unwanted messages, not just sort them.
>
> If a filter were built on just the two letters OT in a subject,
> then such a filter would block _every_ subject that contained
> those two letters, including many common words.
>
> Am I missing something, here?

Yup. Placement. Are you looking for anything yellow or specifically for
yellow jeeps? In this case you want subjects that start with "OT " or
"OT:". You still might run into the same problem with "off topic", just
not as likely. The other problem is that "off topic" is long enough that I
can't see your actual subject, so I will just ignore your mail.

ciao,

der.hans
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