Very handily Rootsweb add this header line to this list's emails ... List-Id: <freebmd-admins.rootsweb.com> which makes life very simple. In my .mailfilter it hits the if (/^List-Id: <freebmd-admins.rootsweb.com>$/) { to "$DEFAULT/.Genealogy.FreeBMD_Admins/" } line and gets filtered to where I want on my home mailserver. Mark -- On 25 Jul 2011, at 12:21, David Mayall wrote: > Jeff didn't suggest that there was anything in the subject line. > > The overwhelming majority of e-mail software in use today has the ability to > filter on things other than the subject line. > > If you are using yahoo mail, then the following URL may help > > http://help.yahoo.com/tutorials/mmail/mmail/mm_filter1.html > > simply add freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com as "recipient contains" in a filter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Filtering FreeBMD-admins mail > > Thank you to you too Jeff, > > I don't get anything in the subject line that identifies that is it is BMD > :-( so cannot make a rule for it based on the subject line. > > Regards > > > --- On Mon, 25/7/11, Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > From: Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com> > > In the last week or so there has been discussion about how to 'filter' > emails that come from the FreeBMD-admins mailing list so that they are not > missed because of unusual subject lines. > > In Windows Mail , a fairly commonly-used email package as it often comes > free with new PCs, you can create a new 'folder' for emails on a particular > subject, or from a particular person, by right-clicking on Inbox or another > folder and choosing 'New folder'. You then need to give it a name. > > To divert incoming emails which meet certain dcriteria to that folder you go > > to the Tools menu and select Message Rules and then Mail. In the 'Mail > Rules' window that opens select 'New ....' and then create a rule. > > The one I use is > > Apply this rule after the message arrives > Where the To line contains 'freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com' > Move it to the FreeBMD Lists new folder > > > If you receive the Digest you can filter on > > Where the From line contains 'freebmd-admins-request@rootsweb.com' > > Other email packages will have similar facilities. > > Jeff > list admin