Trying to filter on headers

[Sean Rima]

I am trying to create a filter which checks a header in an email but
cannot seem to get it to work, it is based on the Mailing-List: header.
Is there an easy way to do it

Sean

[Zack (Doc)]

Sorry but no, GMail does not search headers, and therefore cannot
filter on them. The one exception seems to be the recent addition of
a filter like this:
listid:"<Gmail-Users.googlegroups.com>"

Which is in effect what you are trying to do.

[Sean Rima]

On Nov 27, 2007 11:34 AM, Zack (Doc) <za...@tnan.net> wrote:

Sorry but no, GMail does not search headers, and therefore cannot
filter on them.  The one exception seems to be the recent addition of
a filter like this:
listid:"< Gmail-Users.googlegroups.com>"

Which is in effect what you are trying to do.

Indeed it is but fails with non googlegroups lists :(

Sean

[Zack (Doc)]

The "listid" header option should be a standard. I'll have to check
from my two other mail servers to see if they are not setting it.

[Zack (Doc)]

I just checked 3 groups from YahooGroups and a mailing list I'm on
managed by a traditional list-serv and they all contain the "listid"
header, and work for that search. GMail even built the filter
automatically using the link in the "show details" mini-headers.

[Sean Rima]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:17:37 -0500, "Zack (Doc)" <za...@tnan.net> said:
>
> I just checked 3 groups from YahooGroups and a mailing list I'm on
> managed by a traditional list-serv and they all contain the "listid"
> header, and work for that search. GMail even built the filter
> automatically using the link in the "show details" mini-headers.
>

Works with those but I am also subscribed to groups that use ezelm
mailing list software and it doesn't have that header. Got around it
another way

Sean

[Sean Rima]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:13:08 -0500, "Zack (Doc)" <za...@tnan.net> said:
>
> The "listid" header option should be a standard. I'll have to check
> from my two other mail servers to see if they are not setting it.
>

Ezelm mailing list software doesn't use it. Think some older majordomo
software also doesn't

Sean

[Zack (Doc)]

Actually the list-serv I mentioned is on a very old majordomo, so it
certainly contains it as available. I suppose it's configurable to
turn off this standards based header message, but I can't imagine why
you'd want to.

Ezelm is fairly obscure. I can't find many references to it on the
net (in English at least), and most of them I see refer to posts where
it has problems with simple things like attachments and
case-insensitiveness (which is actually a requirement of the RFCs that
define mailing list headers). I'd suggest the list-owner upgrade to
software developed after 1990. There are plenty of free alternatives
out there.

[Sean Rima]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:08:28 -0500, "Zack (Doc)" <za...@tnan.net> said:
>
> Actually the list-serv I mentioned is on a very old majordomo, so it
> certainly contains it as available. I suppose it's configurable to
> turn off this standards based header message, but I can't imagine why
> you'd want to.
>
> Ezelm is fairly obscure. I can't find many references to it on the
> net (in English at least), and most of them I see refer to posts where
> it has problems with simple things like attachments and case-
> insensitiveness (which is actually a requirement of the RFCs that
> define mailing list headers). I'd suggest the list-owner upgrade to
> software developed after 1990. There are plenty of free alternatives
> out there.
>

Sadly the option of upgrading the software is not mine. A lot of Linux
groups use ezelm software for some reason. Oh well off to play I go :)

Sean

[tjosephcarter]

It works on /^List-Id: / but not on /^Mailing-List: / for DJB's
[CENSORED] qmail and it's [CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED] piece of crap
ezmlm... I''m trying to filter ezmlm lists.

Is there any help for it?

(And can you tell I just love ezmlm and qmail?)

On Nov 27 2007, 3:34 am, "Zack (Doc)" <z...@tnan.net> wrote:
> Sorry but no, GMail does not search headers, and therefore cannot
> filter on them.  The one exception seems to be the recent addition of
> a filter like this:
> listid:"<Gmail-Users.googlegroups.com>"
>
> Which is in effect what you are trying to do.
>

[polarops]

On Jan 2, 5:24 pm, tjosephcarter <tjosephcar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 27 2007, 3:34 am, "Zack (Doc)" <z...@tnan.net> wrote:
>
> > Sorry but no, GMail does not search headers, and therefore cannot
> > filter on them. The one exception seems to be the recent addition of
> > a filter like this:
> > listid:"<Gmail-Users.googlegroups.com>"

To clarify, "GMail does not search headers" excepting one case?

My problem:
I'm trying to filter out spam based on header information that arrives
with no specific recipient. However, it *is* sent to my junk email
address (forwarded to gmail) that I can filter on, except gmail won't
let me, I think.
e.g.
for <offendingSp...@my.domain.example.com>; 20 Feb
2008 19:25:17 -0000
So if I could filter on offendingSp...@my.domain.example.com
-- or some part of it -- I could trash this. I can't seem to catch
these. Apparently this is not possible in gmail?

Sorry if this has been covered, before. I did search for an answer and
found this thread.