On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 12:40:24AM -0400, David T-G wrote:
> % I want to like Mutt but I have a huge number of questions that I haven't
> % been able to figure out answers to. All of them have to do with IMAP.
>
> I'm sure we can help you. mutt is very likable :-) I'm no IMAP guy, and
> the best folks are probably the IMAP code writers and maybe Chris Green,
> our resident IMAP-tester and -abuser, but here's what I have for you.
>
Oh thank you! :-)
>
> %
> % First, I would like to be able to filter all new messages to there
> % appropriate folders when I check my mail. (e.g., messages from mutt.org
> % go to the mutt folder). I know if I was using POP3 or fetchmail and
> % procmail that this would be a cinch, how can it be accomplished with
> % IMAP.
>
> The short answer is "I don't know, but I hear it's out there". I'm
> actually working on the "mutt filtering FAQ" entry, but haven't had a
> chance to get far with it, and one of the items is filtering under IMAP.
> [The *right* answer, BTW, is to have the MDA do it at delivery time
> instead of trying to have mutt do it -- but lots of people seem to want
> to ignore that little point :-]
>
It may be the 'right' answer but unless you have control of the IMAP
server it's not very practical is it! When using IMAP there really
isn't an MDA involved.
*Some* IMAP servers provide filtering, Interchange IMAP4 Server does
for example.
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