Re: mutt procmail NEWBIE

[will trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:47:13PM +0100, frans@vizatti.com
wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 08:35:29AM -0900, jerry wrote:
> > I should also mention, if mutt still complains about the
> > files as not being a mailbox, you will have to delete and
> > recreate them. As I mentioned earlier, I had this problem
> > with /var/spool/mail/username not being a mailbox, so I had
> > to delete the username file and send myself an email, the
> > username file was recreated and mutt recognized it as such.
> 
> I've gotten hold of the drill; echo>usernamebox; ae
> usernamebox. (The latter is for removing the final
> white-space; when Mutt works, I'll get to vi or emacs. They
> both scare me) 

they're both daunting. i'm a vim fan, have been since i got
talked out of elvis a year back...

but this is a free OS, right? use whichever editor you like. or
write your own.

and back on topic, sorta, i to struggled with those procmail
voodoo recipes until i found exim's .forward filtering -- much
more understandable:

	# Exim filter
	logfile $home/.forward.log 0600

	if error_message
	then
		save Mail/error
		logwrite "From $return_path $tod_log\n Subject: $h_subject:\n  Folder: error				  $message_size"
		finish
	endif

	# --------------
	# paypal payment
	#

	if	$return_path contains "payment@paypal.com"
	then
		save Mail/paypal
		logwrite "From $return_path $tod_log\n Subject: $h_subject:\n  Folder: paypal				  $message_size"
		finish
	endif

	# --------------------
	# checking system logs

	if	foranyaddress $h_to:,$h_cc: (${local_part:$thisaddress} is "root")
	then
		save Mail/root
		logwrite "From $return_path $tod_log\n Subject: $h_subject:\n  Folder: root				  $message_size"
		finish
	endif

etc etc etc. much more clean, no? (of course, this requires
getting exim up and running, but once it's configured it chugs
along like a champ!)

(and the logwrite stuff is so i can still use the "mailstat"
facility to see how many messages went where.)

-- 
I use Debian/GNU Linux version 2.2;
Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown
 
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #75 from USM Bish <bish@nde.vsnl.net.in>
:
Do you want to have MUTT IGNORE PGP-SIGNED MESSAGES?  To have
mutt to *not* verify PGP-signed messages, you can shut it off
by including
	set pgp_verify_sig = no
in your ~/.muttrc  Or you could use:
	set pgp_verify_sig = ask-no
to have mutt prompt you each time a signed message comes up,
with the default being not to verify.

Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...