Re: Filtering mail in Mutt

[Glyn Millington <glyn@mill29.fsnet.co.uk>]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 11:47:48PM -0700, thus spake RenX99:
> 
> I am relatively new to debian and currently I have Mutt
> set up to recieve my email.  The MTA I have running is exim
> and I am fetching mail with fetchmail.  
> 
> Here's my problem, I get a lot of mail and need to filter it 
> into different folders but I am having problems figuring it out.
> Someone suggesting procmail but I have no clue where to start, any 
> have suggestions or ideas?
> 
> RenX99

With Mutt and procmail you've got the best combination that I've found so
far. 

Take a  look at Telsa's site for both - she has a .muttrc file and
.procmailrc file very heavily commented to explain exactly what's going on.
You can use them, with adjustments, till you really get into it.

http://roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk/~hobbit/cave.html

HTH

Glyn

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