Hi, >>"Stephen" == Stephen J Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stephen> On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 01:40:25PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Stephen> I missed most of this discussion but... whats wrong with Stephen> the old standby procmail? >> Nothing, if you do not find it under powered. Stephen> hmm [example of minimalist filtering deleted, with Stephen> provisions of being able to call external scripts] Stephen> hmm well...it gets the job done for me ;) Great. I am happy for you. As I said, for simple tasks, procmail is worth looking at. This is not a my software is better than your software game. Procmail is quick, simple, and handles the needs of most of the people out there, and it definitely has its place. But there are those of us who have found procmail rather simple minded and limiting, and who need to be able to do more than just plain fintering with their mail handling software (like set up a generic email command processor complete with super users, passwords, authenticated command execution, access control; or to set up a program distribution system that understands source archives, patch numbers, and can deliver patches 22-28 of your latest release to someone who is current upto patch 21, with no manual intervention). Nice to have an integrated vacation program (far more featureful than the external vacation program), since it can interact with othewr rules. Nice to be able to extend the software, to count vote you happen to be running. Nice to be able to write a 2 line extension to remap decnet addresses. For people with more ambitous requirements, there is mailagent. manoj procmail == ed; mailagent == Emacs -- I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing... Thomas Jefferson Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E