Steven Schneider wrote: > > Anyhow, I'm on a couple of mailing lists and am beginning to find that > my inbox is getting quite full. What program is the best to use for > sorting my incoming messages into different folders? I've heard that > Procmail is user-hell, but I know people who swear by it. Is there a > better program to use, or is Procmail "the" software?
well there is definitely other software, but i am quite happy with procmail. it's true that it's a bit difficult to grasp at first, but it's not really that bad. if you're used to using regular expressions (i wasn't when i started using procmail) it will make a bit more sense. there are some good tutorials online that will get you started, and making basic recipes is actually pretty simple. here's a brief set of examples.... assuming you're using mbox (for maildir, omit the lock file and add a trailing slash to the folder name), you can do something like: someone you don't like: :0: *start a recipe and use a lockfile * ^Return-Path: <ameno@2-step\.com|\ ^Return-Path: <pull@2-step\.com /dev/null #send to the bit bucket mailing list :0: * ^Sender: owner-postfix-users@postfix\.org lists:postfix * stick in mbox folder 'lists:postfix' :0: * ^Return-Path: <mutt-users-owner lists:mutt :0: * ^Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD\.ORG lists:bsdsec etc. etc. the TO_ operator is a bit different since it matches To:, CC, etc. this is a bit more expensive so only use it if you need to. :0: * TO_docs@newdream\.net ndn:docs my actual recpies look more like this, since i use maildir; the second colon is ommited because i'm not using a lockfile, and the trailing slash is used to denote a maildir folder. :0 * TO_docs@newdream\.net ndn:docs/ if you care to, you can get way more in depth with procmail (ie scoring, spam filters, etc). i mostly just use it for sorting into folders, and i also use spambouncer (www.spambouncer.org), which is procmail based. some links that might be helpful: http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/ http://www.procmail.org http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/users/reriksso/procmail/ http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/info/proctips.html -- William Yardley System Administrator, Newdream Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://infinitejazz.net/will/pgp/gpg.asc
