Jamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 07 Feb 2000:
> What I want to be able to do is have mutt automagically, when I recieve
> new mail, send the mail from my spool to different message folders
> (corresponding to different mailing lists), depending on the sender of
> the message.
>
> Is there a way to do this.
Yes.
> Also, I just realised that this may not be done through mutt, but
> through some other program, so if it is, just tell me the program.
Bingo! :-) The program to do this is called procmail. Or, a newer
alternative is available, maildrop. Either will do what you want.
They are quite popular programs, so should be easy to find. If the
Mutt web page doesn't have links, look for them on freshmeat.net. But
actually, if you have any sort of common Linux (?) distribution, your
system may have one or both already installed.
> Also, there are a number of letters that come up next to each recieved
> email in the index, including N, O etc. I was wondering if there was any
> docs on all of these, and a description of what each one means
> (specifically, what does F mean, and + mean?)
Look up the section "Status Flags" in the manual.
Some of the characters can be customized by setting the $to_chars
variable (also explained in the manual).
'F' means the message is from you; this depends on your setting up your
$alternates setting properly.
'+' means the message is to you, and you only: no Cc to anyone else, or
any lists, although it might've been Bcc'd somewhere and that wouldn't
show up of course.
Regards,
Mikko
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