On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:
> I am wondering what different methods people here are using to filter
> your mail? (ie each mailing list to its own mailbox or other such
> techniques of dealing with several high volume lists)
I fetch mail from my IP's POP3 mailserver using fetchmail. The fetched
mail is then handed to Exim to filter and deliver. Simple and elegant.
Here is my ~/.fetchmailrc
poll pop.clara.net
protocol pop3
username scgf is gsmh on this system
password xxxxxxx
Exim gets involved in filtering mail into folders because I have a
~/.forward file like this:
# Exim filter <<== do not edit or remove this line!
if error_message then finish endif
logfile $home/eximfilter.log
if $header_to: contains "sah1"
then deliver scott
elif $h_x-mailing-list matches "^<debian-(.*)@lists\\.debian\\.org>"
then seen save $home/Mail/Debian
elif $h_subject: contains "CLOS_Linux"
then seen save $home/Mail/Corel
elif $h_subject: contains "dvduk"
then seen save $home/Mail/DVD
elif $h_subject: contains "Debian-uk"
then seen save $home/Mail/Debian
elif $h_subject: contains "Pilot-Unix"
then seen save $home/Mail/Pilot-Unix
elif $h_subject: contains "AWL"
then seen save $home/Mail/Applix
endif
The second rule is neat because it catches all the Debian mailing list
messages.
I used to use procmail to deliver mail, but I prefer the Exim approach.
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Phillip Deackes
Debian Linux
