On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 11:50:57AM +0100, Lars Hecking wrote:
>
> > Here is how I deal with mailing lists in my .procmailrc:
>
> > # eliminate duplicate messages
> > :0Wh: msgid.lock
> > | formail -D 16384 archive/msgid.cache
>
> This is *bad*. If procmail fails somewhere after dupes checking and the
> message is requeued, the next delivery attempt will detect that message
> as duplicate and silently nuke it.
That's why I only apply dupe-killing to mailing list traffic. It's not a
tragedy If I miss a message.
> Recommended reading: the c_o_m_p_l_e_t_e_ entry for
> duplicate filtering in the procmailex man page!
(oops, vim doesn't like your markup, or is my mutt misconfigured?)
That "Beware" section has been added recently in the procmailex page,
thanks for pointing it out!
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