Bug#351242: ITP: sickle -- mail filtering tool for IMAP

[Gonéri Le Bouder <goneri@rulezlan.org>]

Francesco P. Lovergine a écrit :

> On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 02:25:31PM +0100, Gonéri Le Bouder wrote:
>  
>
> > * Package name    : sickle
> >  Version         : 0.3 
> >  Upstream Author : Duncan Martin <duncan@codebunny.org> 
> > * URL             : http://www.codebunny.org/coding/sickle/
> > * License         : BSD 
> >  Description     : mail filtering tool for IMAP
> >
> >  Sickle is a mail filtering tool. Designed to filter email before it is
> >  retrieved or viewed, Sickle filters on the server via IMAP. The filter
> >  instructions themselves are written in Perl, so benefit from the
> >  flexibility of the language. Sickle is not meant to be user friendly,
> >  and has the potential to cause data-loss if handled incorrectly. If
> >  you're not comfortable with Perl, best stop reading.
> >
> >    
>
> In what it's better than imapfilter, which appears a more mature product?
>  

Since sickle's filter are write with Perl, you can easily use Perl regex 
to filter mail or use external module. In fact the description is not  
right (it comes from the website). Simple rules can be write without a 
Perl knowledge.

if ($mes->{'subject'} =~ /\[foobar\]/) { move('INBOX.foobar'); }
This move [foobar] mail to INBOX.foobar


For the moment it's impossible to move mail from one imap account to 
another one but for the rest Sickle could be a good alternative.

I use for a while without problem.

Cheers,

   Gonéri Le Bouder