Changing the Subject header because we have sub-tracked from
the original post ...
Admitted:
a) Mutt can handle maildir folders
b) Procmail can also send to either type.
What I am looking for is a method to have procmail or any
other MDA to distribute to *both* mbox and mail-dir. This way,
I have the option of using mutt, pine, kmail, tkrat etc on
mbox files; and sylpheed and other MH type mailers operating
seperately for different user preferences.
Presently I have made a shell script which takes mh-folder
mails and converts them to mbox format ... I have downloaded a
perl script recently (getmail) which does the job of fetchmail
and procmail together ... trying to patch it to meet my
requirements. My expertise in perl is at best newbie+, so
likely to take some time.
Kind of wondering if I am re-inventing the wheel, in case some
option in some existing MDA does it natively ...
Bish
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> +++ USM Bish [linux-india] <01/07/01 16:51 +0530>:
> > Hmmm ... mutt and sylpheed .... I'd second that,
> > both threaded and feature rich. The only problem is
> > compatibility between the mail folder formats. Sylpheed
> > operates with MH style maildirs with whereas mutt
>
> Mutt can handle mbox, maildir (and iirc, mh) folders without
> problem is the variable you want.
>
> > operates with mbox type files ... A bit difficult to have
> > the MDA (procmail) deliver in two formats to different
> > sub-dirs. If anybody knows a way out, would be much
> > obliged ...
>
> Why not? :) Procmail 3.15 and above can handle mbox and
> maildir both. If not, use some other MDA (say courier IMAP's
> "maildrop") which does both filtering and delivery to
> maildirs, if you want only maildirs.
>
> > gnus and xemacs .... Sorry, no emacs on my box ...
>
> Good - it's a total memory hog, duplicating the functions of
> mutt, vim, lynx, ... and knows what else :) <g,d,r>
>
> --suresh
>
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