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Re: Filtering an existing mbox with procmail



On Die, 24 Apr 2007, Michelle Konzack wrote:

> Am 2007-04-24 09:41:27, schrieb Florian Reitmeir:
> > cat <mailbox> | formail -s procmail
> > and if you use maildir, it could be done in parallel
> > cat <mailbox> | formail -n 20 -s procmail
> 
> Useless use of cat!
> 
> formail <mailbox -s procmail
> 
> formail <mailbox -n 20 -s procmail

While its often possible, not use some pipes, i believe its simpler to
read and extend (in this case for example for gzipped mbox folders).

-- 
Florian Reitmeir



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