Hello Barry,
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 02:25:37AM -0500, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
"BB" == Bill Bradford <mrbill@mrbill.net> writes:
BB> Will 2.1 have the ability to just completey *drop* posts BB> matching a pattern, instead of holding them for moderation? BB> I've got a couple of lists where Re: posts (replies back to BB> the list) arent allowed; only initial problem messages and BB> then a summary/solution posting.General matching against headers with auto-discards probably will not be supported out of the box in MM2.1.
BB> It would be nice if I could have Mailman just *drop* the Re: BB> posts instead of holding them for moderation; I'd like to BB> avoid having to use Procmail for this...No need to use Procmail to add this feature though! Simply add a pipeline module that checks the listname, and for those lists that you want to discard Re: messages, simply search Subject: headers for
Re:.
This is totally unreliable. Some German-localized MUAs would use "AW:" instead of "Re:"; more exotic prefixes are possible. "Re:" is no more than convention. More reliable way would be to track "References:" and "In-Reply-To:", although I don't see a solution ready.
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