On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 03:21:43PM +0100, Matt Foster wrote:
> Quoting David Fokkema ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 09:13:46AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 03:29:09PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
> > > > You can use procmail, a very simple yet efficient and very powerful mail
> > > > filter. If you use the following rule:
> > > >
> > > > :0
> > > > ^X-Mailing-List: <debian-\/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > debian-${MATCH}
> > >
> > > Or if you use ^TO like
> > >
> > > * (^TO|^X-Mailing-List:.*) ...
> > >
> > > along with
> > >
> > > :0 Wh: msgid.lock
> > > | formail -D 8192 $HOME/msgid.cache
> > >
> > > they you you may find those CC's not so annoying, and maybe even nice on
> > > very slow responding lists.
> >
> > I like your last remark! However, I don't grok your last two script
> > lines. Care to elaborate on them a bit? I would guess, from man formail,
> > that duplicate messages are deleted. Very nice. But how do they get
> > delivered in your correct mailboxes? Can you give the complete rule?
> > Thanks!
> >
>
> Aside from the obvious man pages, there's a really good introduction to
> procmail filtering here[1]. The mailing list rules are particularly
> good, and I've been using them for about 18 months (or maybe more) with
> no problems at all.
> [1] http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/procmail/
Thanks! I'll read it. Looks interesting. I'll also checkout his mutt
page.
David
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