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From: rudolf@curano.imp.com (Rudolf Kuenzli)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: filter rule won't work
Message-ID: <125@curano.imp.com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 15:59:46 GMT
References: <490@shrike.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM>
Organization: Don Curano's Magic Empire, Switzerland
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In <490@shrike.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM> aihaug@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Daniel A Haug) writes:

>if [from = "Daniel A Haug" and subject = "news status"] then
>   save "/usr6/aihaug/Mail/news-status"

I did run in the same problem, when I started with filter first. Anyway,
filter in your case is testing 'From:' if it's round else it will test
'From'. You are probably running a sophisticated mail system and
therefor 'From:' ist checked. "Daniel A Haug" shows up in the 'From'
line and not in the 'From:'. And that makes the result of the test
false.

Trye once with:

(from = "haug@austin" and subject = "news status") ? save ....

and test it. In my case it did work.


>Another question about filters: as soon as I started using this,
>I no longer get biff-type notification at my terminal when new
>mail has arrived.  Is there a way to still get notified for most
>of my mail?

Sorry, I don't know anything about biff...			

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