Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-12-11 Thread Thomas Hurst
* Jussi Ekholm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm always looking for ways to cut down on spam, but I haven't > > come up with a good rc.spam file (I have a fairly simple > > $HOME/.procmailrc and a bunch of $HOME/.procmail/rc.* includes). > > Would you car

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-12-11 Thread Jussi Ekholm
David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm always looking for ways to cut down on spam, but I haven't come up > with a good rc.spam file (I have a fairly simple $HOME/.procmailrc and > a bunch of $HOME/.procmail/rc.* includes). Would you care to post [a > link to] your .procmailrc and method? W

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-12-11 Thread Jussi Ekholm
Will Yardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah i don't know how i'd survive without procmail. i've heard good > things about spam assassin. i use spambouncer (www.spambouncer.org) > which is great. it does catch some stuff that isn't spam, so you do > have to check your spam folder once in a w

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-12-02 Thread Justin R. Miller
Thus spake Jussi Ekholm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > It's a great tool. Gotta try SpamAssasin, NoSpam and these different > spam catchers, too - so I wouldn't have to add new addresses in kill > list every week, like I now have to. You might be interested in my writeup: http://codesorcery.net

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-12-02 Thread David T-G
Jussi -- ...and then Jussi Ekholm said... % ... % Anyway, I indeed have lines concerning Procmail in my exim.conf. And % all I had to do was to create a ~/.procmailrc and after that it has % been working like a charm; sorting incoming mail into different % mailboxes (gazillion mailing lists :-)

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-12-02 Thread Will Yardley
Jussi Ekholm wrote: > Dairy Wall Limey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if exim uses procmail as its LDA, no .forward is needed - your > > .procmailrc is read already. > > LDA was Local Delivery Agent, right? yup! > It's a great tool. Gotta try SpamAssasin, NoSpam and these different > spam c

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-12-02 Thread Jussi Ekholm
Dairy Wall Limey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jussi Ekholm wrote: >> So, is it really necessary to create ~/.forward in order to use >> Procmail, or is it just Exim, who notices if there's Procmail in use? > > if exim uses procmail as its LDA, no .forward is needed - your > .procmailrc is read a

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-12-01 Thread Jussi Ekholm
Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-11-30 12:40]: >> So, is it really necessary to create ~/.forward in order to use >> Procmail, or is it just Exim, who notices if there's Procmail in >> use? > > I don't know Exim, but it can obviously configured to u

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-30 Thread Gerhard Siegesmund
> >So, is it really necessary to create ~/.forward in order to use > >Procmail, or is it just Exim, who notices if there's Procmail in > >use? > I don't know Exim, but it can obviously configured to use an MDA/LDA > to do the actual delivery. Grep for procmail in Exim's configuration > files. You

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-30 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Dairy Wall Limey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-11-30 12:47]: >with postfix (if mailbox_command isn't set to procmail -t) you don't >need a fancy sendmail style .forward i just use: > >zugzug% cat .forward >"| /usr/bin/procmail -t" Use "| /usr/bin/procmail -t || exit 75" if you want Po

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-30 Thread Prahlad Vaidyanathan
Hi, On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 Jun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the ether: > Hi, all, > > This probably sounds stupid but I really get stuck here. I don't know > how to setup filters to organize different mailing list into different > folder, just like pine does. As everyone else seems to have poin

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-30 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Jussi Ekholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-11-30 12:40]: >Just out of curiosity; I'm using Exim as MTA and Mutt (of course) >as MUA. Procmail filters incoming mail into different mailboxes >and kills spam from known addresses. Still, I haven't set up >~/.forward. >So, is it really necessary to c

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-30 Thread Dairy Wall Limey
Jussi Ekholm wrote: > > So, is it really necessary to create ~/.forward in order to use > Procmail, or is it just Exim, who notices if there's Procmail in use? if exim uses procmail as its LDA, no .forward is needed - your .procmailrc is read already. since you don't need a .forward, my guess i

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-30 Thread Jussi Ekholm
Cristian Pietsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Techies use procmail for this task. First you have to tell your Mail > Transport Agent to let procmail deliver your mail. You do this by > creating a file called ~/.forward containing this line: > "| exec procmail -f- " Just out of curiosity; I'm usi

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-30 Thread Cristian Pietsch
Hi Jun, my Pine manual says that it's a bad idea to use Pine or any other email client for this purpose. It's funny that nevertheless Pine 4 offers this kind of service. Techies use procmail for this task. First you have to tell your Mail Transport Agent to let procmail deliver your mail. You do

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-30 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Cristian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-11-30 00:29]: >I just noticed that somebody suggested Maildrop. It may be wise to >look at Maildrop first -- I surmise it is easier to use. Procmail, >on the other hand, is very powerful and the de-facto standard in this >area. I used Procmail for two year

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-29 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 07:40:18PM -0500, David T-G wrote: > Cristian, et al -- > > Welcome to the list! > > ...and then Cristian said... > % > ... > % To tell the truth, my line actually reads, > % "|IFS=' ' && p=/usr/bin/procmail && test -f $p && exec $p -Yf- || exit 75 #cris" > % where chris

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-29 Thread David T-G
Cristian, et al -- Welcome to the list! ...and then Cristian said... % ... % To tell the truth, my line actually reads, % "|IFS=' ' && p=/usr/bin/procmail && test -f $p && exec $p -Yf- || exit 75 #cris" % where chris is my login. I don't think this complicated stuff is % really necessary. If y

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-29 Thread Cristian
Hi Jun, my Pine manual says that it's a bad idea to use Pine or any other email client for this purpose. It's funny that nevertheless Pine 4 offers this kind of service. Techies use procmail for this task. First you have to tell your Mail Transport Agent to let procmail deliver your mail. You do

Re: a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-29 Thread Thorsten Haude
Moin, * Jun Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-11-29 23:38]: >This probably sounds stupid but I really get stuck here. I don't know >how to setup filters to organize different mailing list into different >folder, just like pine does. Have a look at Maildrop, http://www.flounder.net/~mrsam/maildrop/ Tho

a dumb question about filter ...

2001-11-29 Thread Jun Liu
Hi, all, This probably sounds stupid but I really get stuck here. I don't know how to setup filters to organize different mailing list into different folder, just like pine does. Thanks for any help, /Jun