On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:18:21AM -0700, s. keeling wrote:
> Incoming from horseriver:
> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 01:46:54PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:58:37AM +0800, horseriver wrote:
> > > >
> > > > How to edit my .procmailrc to put mails from different mail
> > > > list into different maildir?
> > > >
> > > > can this work :
> > > > :0
> > > > * ^to: mutt-users@mutt.org
> > > > mutt-users@mutt.org
> > >
> > > Read this:
> > >
> > > http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/
> > >
> > > Is your mutt directory really named mutt-users@mutt.org? Why?
> > >
> > > In your recipe, ^to should be ^TO_
>
> As far as I know, both work. ^TO is special in procmail, but ^to: (as
> a regexp) works too.
>
> > I have modified my procmailrc like this .
>
> Like what?
>
> > Then, Need I retrieve mails from pop server ? or just restart mutt
> > to see the result?
>
> Too many questions. I used fetchmail to pop mails before. It
> supports a "keep" directive. You can pop and pop and pop, and still
> all your mail will be left on the server. Delete the "keep" from your
> config, and they'll be deleted when popped.
>
> > Another question: How does mutt call procmail to sort mails ? In
>
> mutt doesn't call procmail. They're separate processes. In my case
> (before), fetchmail pops from my ISP's Smarthost, that hands it to local
> "Mail Delivery Agent" (procmail), and mutt picks it up from there once
> it's delivered into ~mail.
>
> > my muttrc file , I have not tell mutt to call procmail to sort
> > mails .so how mutt know that?
>
> procmail can sort incoming mails. mutt just looks for them
> ("mailboxes") once they arrive.
OK!
Here is my config:
:0
* ^TO_: mutt-users@mutt.org
$MAILDIR/mutt
can it works ?
>
>
> --
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> (*) :(){ :|:& };:
> - -
