[MlMt] Mailing List Submailboxes - Fixing bad list-ids

[Andrew Korty]

Somehow I don’t have the Mailing Lists smart mailbox. I have a number 
of smart mailboxes under Examples, but not that one. I’m wondering 
which other default smart mailboxes I’m missing. Is there an easy way 
to recreate them?

ajk

On 3 Jun 2021, at 1:08, Ethan Schoonover wrote:

> **Note:** This message contains a change to prioritize the List-ID 
> where present and non-gibberish. Probably the best approach. Unless 
> someone has feedback I'd propose this as the final version. Benny, any 
> chance you'd consider making this the Mailing List submailbox name 
> default format string?
>
> -Ethan Schoonover
> es at ethanschoonover.com
> https://ethanschoonover.com
>
> # Better MailMate Mailing List Submailbox Naming (v3)
>
> ## Quick instructions
>
> 1. Double click your "Mailing Lists" smart mailbox in MailMate
> 2. Select the "Submailboxes" tab
> 3. Copy the following code (this is the same as the **CLEAN VERSION** 
> snipped below) and paste it into your Mailing Lists > Submailboxes > 
> Mailbox Name Format field.
>
> Be careful when copying: the string is long and the overflow may be 
> clipped “off the page.”
>
> ```
> ${list-id.description:?${list-id.description/^[a-z]*\d.*/${subject.blob:?${subject.blob:/capitalize}:${from.name:${list-id.identifier.final-level:?${list-id.identifier.final-level:/capitalize}:${from.address}}}}/}:${subject.blob:?${subject.blob:/capitalize}:${from.name:${list-id.identifier.final-level:?${list-id.identifier.final-level:/capitalize}:${from.address}}}}}
> ```
>
> ## Summary
>
> This submailbox string will look for each of the following variables 
> from the mailing list messages in turn, choosing the first that is 
> available based on the order presented below.
>
> In the special case of the List ID, these sometimes return a gibberish 
> (to human eyes) alphanumeric string of characters. In those cases, the 
> List-ID is not used (technically it is used but regex replaced with 
> the options from the remainder of the sequence below).
>
> ### Options for list naming, in order
>
> 1. List ID Description (if not all alphanumerics; if alphanumerics 
> only, then continue with options below)
> 2. Subject Blob
> 3. From Name
> 4. List ID Identifier (final part)
> 5. From Address
>
> Below you will find three versions of the code for this mailing list 
> naming string. The nested version is easy to read, the "commented" 
> version can be pasted in so you can see how your lists names are being 
> assigned, and the "clean" version is uncommented and what you will 
> ultimately want to use.
>
> ## Commented Code - Nested format (DO NOT PASTE IN, FOR REFERENCE 
> ONLY)
>
> ```
> ${list-id.description:?
> 	[[HAS-LISTID]] ${list-id.description/^[a-z]*\d.*/
> 		[[BAD-LISTID]] ${subject.blob:?
> 			[[HAS-SUB-BLOB]] ${subject.blob:/capitalize}:
> 			[[NO-SUB-BLOB]] ${from.name:
> 				[[NO-FROM-NAME]] ${list-id.identifier.final-level:?
> 					[[HAS-LISTID-FINAL]] 
> ${list-id.identifier.final-level:/capitalize}:
> 					[[NO-LISTID-FINAL]] ${from.address}
> 				}
> 			}
> 		}
> 	/}:
> 	[[NO-LISTID]] ${subject.blob:?
> 		[[HAS-SUB-BLOB]] ${subject.blob:/capitalize}:
> 		[[NO-SUB-BLOB]] ${from.name:
> 			[[NO-FROM-NAME]] ${list-id.identifier.final-level:?
> 				[[HAS-LISTID-FINAL]] 
> ${list-id.identifier.final-level:/capitalize}:
> 				[[NO-LISTID-FINAL]] ${from.address}
> 			}
> 		}
> 	}
> }
> ```
>
> ## Commented
>
> Paste this if you want to see how it works with your lists.
>
> ```
> ${list-id.description:?[[HAS-LISTID]] 
> ${list-id.description/^[a-z]*\d.*/[[BAD-LISTID]] 
> ${subject.blob:?[[HAS-SUB-BLOB]] 
> ${subject.blob:/capitalize}:[[NO-SUB-BLOB]] 
> ${from.name:[[NO-FROM-NAME]] 
> ${list-id.identifier.final-level:?[[HAS-LISTID-FINAL]] 
> ${list-id.identifier.final-level:/capitalize}:[[NO-LISTID-FINAL]] 
> ${from.address}}}}/}:[[NO-LISTID]] ${subject.blob:?[[HAS-SUB-BLOB]] 
> ${subject.blob:/capitalize}:[[NO-SUB-BLOB]] 
> ${from.name:[[NO-FROM-NAME]] 
> ${list-id.identifier.final-level:?[[HAS-LISTID-FINAL]] 
> ${list-id.identifier.final-level:/capitalize}:[[NO-LISTID-FINAL]] 
> ${from.address}}}}}
> ```
>
> ## CLEAN VERSION (no comments)
>
> Paste this in if you just want better list names and don't need to see 
> how it's working.
>
> ```
> ${list-id.description:?${list-id.description/^[a-z]*\d.*/${subject.blob:?${subject.blob:/capitalize}:${from.name:${list-id.identifier.final-level:?${list-id.identifier.final-level:/capitalize}:${from.address}}}}/}:${subject.blob:?${subject.blob:/capitalize}:${from.name:${list-id.identifier.final-level:?${list-id.identifier.final-level:/capitalize}:${from.address}}}}}
> ```
>
> ## ORIGINAL MailMate Mailing Lists Subfolder Format String
>
> Paste this in if you want to revert to the original MailMate behavior.
>
> ```
> ${list-id.description:${subject.blob:?${subject.blob:/capitalize}:${list-id.identifier.final-level}}}
> ```
>
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