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Re: filtering mails

by Eli Crumrine :: Rate this Message: Click to rate as Poor PostClick to rate as Below Average PostClick to rate as Average PostClick to rate as Above Average PostClick to rate as Excellent Post Click to clear rating

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Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:40:54 -0500 | Jerry Feldman <gaf@...>

> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:49:09 +0300
> Igor <goga777@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > > I configured fetchmail and I use procmail to move my mails to my Sylpheed's
> >
> > why do you use fetchmail & procmail instesd internal SC's mail-agent ?
> > is there any pluses ?
> I was not the original poster of this, but I certainly use fetchmail &
> procmail on SuSE 10.0. One of the reasons is historical in that
> procmail was already set up before I moved to Sylpheed-claws.
> Also, I have my system set up as an smtp server, and most of my email
> comes in directly via SMTP. I use fetchmail(1) to grab email from my
> ISP (which is about 20% of my email).
> One major reason for using procmail rather than sylpheed-claws to
> filter my email is that I also like to filter emails on header elements
> other than from, to, cc, and subject, such as List-id:
> List-Id: This is the ML for users of Sylpheed-Claws
> <sylpheed-claws-users.lists.sourceforge.net>. It also ties
> into Spamassasin and runs in the background.
> Note that I use the MH directory structure, but procmail works with mbox and maildir.
>

I am seconding this, I do the same.  Fetchmail->procmail->$MUA.  This
setup means I can use any MH-compatible reader, so if I'm away I can
use mutt over an ssh connection and have the same mail
structure/filtering as using SC from home.

My only complaint is that sylpheed(-claws) is not designed for such a
setup, so the only way to use it is disable pop3 for all accounts and
then enable rescanning of folders after "checking" for mail.  Also, the
"Get All" button will only scan for new messages that have already
been downloaded; it will not signal fetchmail to check at that moment.

Not sure if this is just me misreading your message, but procmail does
have native support for numbered MH directories as well as maildir and
mbox.

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Mon:Feb:20:06
Eli C.


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