On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:23:43 +0100 Александър Л. Димитров <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoth David Baron: > > I have been having network problems lately. Comes up for a second, then > > dies, > > repeatedly. > > > > So I get the same emails, over and over again. Fetchmail can apparently get > > them but not tell the provider that they have been received so delete them > > on > > their server. Until the network is up properly, I must shut down fetchmail. > > > > Would there be any script, option, or such to solve this problem in a more > > elegant manner and leave things alone when the network is doing what it is > > supposed to do? > > Depends. Are you using procmail, too? If so, you might be interested in the > following rule I have in my .procmailrc: > > # Dupes? Nuke'em! > :0 Wh: msgid.lock > | $FORMAIL -D 8192 msgid.cache > > That's it. All there is to it. Just put that little beast in and all duplicate > massages will get deleted. > > (there is something similar for maildrop, too. Just in case you use it - but I > forgot, just what it was... GIYF ;-) ). Maildrop's reformail utility is similar to procmail's formail; it also has a -D option. > Aleks Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
