Subject: What's The Difference Bet "By Sender" and "By From"?

From: [email-masked] (Michael J. Weiss)
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 11:08:52 GMT

The following is from the config screen in Pine 3.91:

saved-msg-name-rule    =
            Set       Rule Values
            ---   ----------------------
            ( )  by-sender
            (*)  by-from
            ( )  by-recipient
            ( )  last-folder-used
            ( )  default-folder

What is the difference between the "by-sender" and "by-from" options?

Thanks,

Mike

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From: [email-masked] (Barry Bouwsma)
Date: 2 Dec 1995 23:59:07 GMT

>What is the difference between the "by-sender" and "by-from" options?

    Certain LISTSERV mail exploders send out their mails with the ``From:''
header as the person who sent the message to the list, and the ``Sender:''
field containing the name of the list.

    Chances are, if you don't pre-sort your mail through some filter
program, you'll want to save all mail arriving in your INBOX from a
mailing list to a folder of the same (or similar) name, rather than to
a folder with the name of the person who sent the message to the list.

    By selecting the by-sender option, such LISTSERV mail will be put
into a LIST-L style folder name.  With the by-from option, a separate
folder will be used for each list participant.

    If memory serves, the by-sender rule actually was the by-from
behavior through Pine3.85 .

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