* Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-25-07 07:00]: > I read the previous posts and tried in my inbox - press D, use ~= as > the search pattern, press $ to save.
D ~= <enter> problem is probably "press $ to save" s/b press enter to complete action. ... > I use fetchmail(1) to get mails, procmail(1) filters them before they > land on my inbox or in their specific mboxes. I'm using Mutt v1.5.12 > on OpenBSD4.1 To remove duplicate mails w/procmail: # ------------------------------------------------------- # remove duplicates ## from man procmailex examples ## # 12-13-2002 # ------------------------------------------------------- LOCKFILE = msgid.cache.lock :0 Whc: msgid.lock | $FORMAIL -D 16384 msgid.cache LOCKFILE ### save duplicates in another folder in case of error :0 a: $MAILDIR/duplicates # ------------------------------------------------------- since you use procmail, another handy recipe: # ------------------------------------------------------- # maintain backup of a number of most recent emails # ------------------------------------------------------- :0 c $MAILDIR/backup :0 ic | rm dummy `ls -t msg.* | tail +[number of msgs]` # ------------------------------------------------------- or substitute following for last line above to retain a number of days of recent posts: | `find ~/mail/backup -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'msg.*' \ -mtime +31 -delete` gud luk, -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org
