I do use procmail. As an MDA. procmail isn't appropriate here. If mutt has the ability to allow the user to edit a message, and then automatically save it to the mail folder, and delete the orignal, why shouldn't it be able to do the same with an arbitrary shell script?
Thanks, Steve Sven Guckes wrote: > * Steve Talley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-03-20 21:51]: > > From the index, how can I filter a message through a > > shell/perl/etc. script, so that the modified message actually > > *replaces* the original in the mail folder? > > Use a mail filter. > > > This seems like a feature that would be requested/used frequently, > > but I can't find any mention of it in the mutt manual. > > that's because mutt is NOT a mail filter. > > Rpeat: Mutt is *not* a mail filter. period. > > You are looking for procmail. see sig. > > Sven