On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, David T-G wrote: > % configured automatically to collect incoming attachments as files in a > % designated directory? Eudora does this, and knows how to append > % numbers if multiple attachments of the same name come in. For certain > % types of work, this feature can be very convenient, sparing one the > % trouble of "saving" each attachment individually. > > I don't know how to make mutt do that, but that's immaterial; this can > easily be handled by your incoming mail filter (such as procmail), with > the location of the detached files either in the message (mangling -- > ugh) or in the headers (much better). Give the man pages for procmail > and formail a whirl (or wait for the inevitable deluge of messages touting > anything other the procmail and take your pick of the suggestions).
Ah, I believe this assumes I am using Mutt under Linux/Unix, as I am not aware of any Windows binaries for Procmail. No matter -- after struggling to get a decent set-up of Mutt with Cygwin, I have decided to go ahead and run Linux on VMWare (on WIN2000). I am assured this should work fine. And I'd get not just Procmail, but also Pcal, Mpage, and Urlview. Thank you for the suggestion, Tom _______________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Birlinghoven Library, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Institutszentrum Schloss Birlinghoven +49-2241-14-2352 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany fax +49-2241-14-2619
