On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:08:49 +1200 Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Nick, > > Thanks for your comments. I'll re-edit because I think this could be > useful for others in the future... but first... > > > The point was that you need to get the :'s and the 0's around the right > way. I got it wrong and that stuff up my filter. Do you not think I > made my point? Do I need to reword it? > > Personally I don't understand what the :'s and the 0's are for anyway. > > What you're saying is that I need to add some more information. Ok, > that's fine, I'll do that, but first some questions... > > 1. mbox or maildir > > How do I know which one I'm using? Making the assumption that I've been > given the account and I'm setting this up for the first time and I just > installed what ever the distro gave me and I know stuff all about mail > systems, how do I work out what I should be doing? understand the chain of programs that process your email, look at their configuration and work it out. Or read your distro's documentation. > > 2. More resources... > > Can you recommend some more resources that I should include links to? > Volker's presentation. the documentation that is installed on your machine when procmail was installed (especially the man pages). inifinte ink. http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/search.pl?query=procmail > 3. Regular Expressions > > Is that explained on the clug web site? (I'll check) Can you recommend > any other resources? http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/search.pl?query=regular+expressions > > My update assumes you know what RE is... that's bad, I didn't when I > started stuffing about with procmailrc. it shows > It's a total show stopper so I > think I should linkie-linkie that one was well. > > TFYH > > Cheers Don > Nick Rout wrote: > > Also you are wrongish about :0 not 0: > > > > At times you need the trailing : - usually when you want to lock the > > mailbox file for the operation in question. This is usually necessary > > when using mbox (eg mbox has a file per folder. You do not want an imap or > > pop client deleting messages from the middle of a file whilst > > procmail is writing a new message to the end. So: > > > > :0: locks the mailbox and is needed for mbox > > > > :0 doesn't, and is fine for maildir. maildir is specifically written to > > get around the need to lock mailboxes, it has one file per message, and > > a new message cannot be written to by anything else whilst the message > > itself is being written. > > > > On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:40:01 +1200 > > Nick Rout wrote: > > > >> Take a look now. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:36:14 +1200 > >> Nick Rout wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:28:57 +1200 > >>> Don Gould wrote: > >>> > >>>> http://clug.net.nz/index.php/procmail?action=edit > >>>> Following my issues with procmailrc I've updated the wiki with some > >>>> hints for next time... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> However I've run aground with the formating... > >>>> > >>>> I wanted bold headings and ended up with bullet points. > >>>> > >>>> Can someone tell me what I did wrong. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers Don > >>> Misc: "!", "!!", "!!!" make headings > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> -- > >> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
