From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: allan gottlieb Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [GNU-Emacs] request: better subject lines Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 22:34:00 -0400 Message-ID: <871ss6hdnr.fsf@nyu.edu> References: <874lx5dhwd.fsf@pippiandcarlos.com> <20170502122324867083797@bob.proulx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1493778881 17467 195.159.176.226 (3 May 2017 02:34:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 02:34:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 03 04:34:34 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d5k7c-0004NX-45 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 May 2017 04:34:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34433 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d5k7h-0001xK-Tb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 May 2017 22:34:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46166) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d5k7G-0001xD-DL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2017 22:34:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d5k7C-0008Aa-84 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2017 22:34:10 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu ([128.122.49.97]:54964) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d5k7C-00089T-42 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 May 2017 22:34:06 -0400 Original-Received: from E7450.localdomain (ool-18be56d2.dyn.optonline.net [24.190.86.210]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.15.2/8.15.1) with ESMTPSA id v432Y0H5003343 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 2 May 2017 22:34:03 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by E7450.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D180E4531E; Tue, 2 May 2017 22:34:00 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20170502122324867083797@bob.proulx.com> (Bob Proulx's message of "Tue, 2 May 2017 14:43:24 -0600") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 128.122.49.97 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:112934 Archived-At: On Tue, May 02 2017, Bob Proulx wrote: > Carlos Konstanski wrote: >> If you're like me, you get a whole lot of spam. You need to scan the >> subject lines in your INBOX to decide what's spam and what's ham. If you >> have to open an email to decide because the subject line is >> inconclusive, that's bad. > > I think this is an XY problem. The underlying problem is that you are > getting too much spam. That is bad and should be solved. And a > secondary problem is not filtering mail by mailing list. That is > something this emacs help topic list can help with fixing. > > I see that you are using gnus. Could another gnus user make a > suggestion as to how Carlos can improve the gnus work flow to be able > to read through help-gnu-emacs mail more efficiently and effectively? M-x customize-option RET nnmail-split-methods Put a pattern for list-id. It is easy to do with customize. The result for me is below (from ~/.emacs.d/lisp/custom-file.el). allan ================================================================ '(nnmail-split-methods (quote (("arch" "List-Id: ") ("os202" "List-Id: ") ("os2250" "List-Id: ") ("introCS" "List-Id: ") ("ds" "List-Id: ") ("gentoo" "List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail ") ("emacs" "List-Id: \\(Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor \\)\\|\\(\"Emacs development discussions.\" \\)") ("twolakeclub" "List-Id: \\(\\)\\|\\(<3lakes.googlegroups.com>\\)\\|\\(\\)\\|") ("broadway7" "List-Id:.*community list for inhabitants of 7th fl.") ("gnome" "List-Id: \\(General discussion \\)\\|\\(Announcements only \\)") ("dia" "List-Id: discussions about usage and development of dia ") ("gnus" "List-Id:.*Announcements and discussions for GNUS") ("evolution" "List-Id: General discussion and user queries of Evolution") ("gnome-foundation" "List-Id: \\(Discussion relating to the GNOME Foundation\\)\\|\\(Official GNOME Foundation announcements\\)") ("linux-dell-laptops" "List-Id: ") ("jfc" "\\(To: .*jfc@bestweb.net\\)\\|\\(From: JFC OFFICE\\)") ("MAIL" ""))))