I got started with this...and it helped out very much
http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/
/jgh
----- Original Message -----
From: Jag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:12 am
Subject: Re: testing procmail
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, J McKitrick wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to test procmail with mutt. I'm new to mutt, and *very*
> > new to procmail I used a friend's procmailrc as a template, but i
> > need to know if there s a way to test it without losing mail.
>
> Check out 'man procmailex' It's nothing but example
> .procmailrc's. If
> you search for 'backup' in the man page it'll give you a recipe
> you can
> put at the top of your .procmailrc to store all your mail in a backup
> file before it tries to process the message. Be careful with that
> recipe though, I think it's setup for Maildir and not mbox format.
>
> Jag
>
