On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Terry Collins wrote:
> Rick Welykochy wrote:
>
> > Umm .. that's a bit onerous. I do not have the time or
> > inclination to join a mailing list for each product
> > I use. I'd never get anything done and my
> > mailbox would overflow.
>
> Thank you Dorothy {:-)}}}
My mailbox at my ISP would overflow. I do not run my own mail server.
I do use filtering in netscape to sort mail - no info overload there.
> I would like to take this opportunity to point one and all to
> http://www.woa.com.au/linux/how-tos/sortingmail.html which tells you how
> to presort your mail into separate mailboxes, thus allowing you to have
> control of your inbox and never being able to use this excuse again
> {:-)}}}.
>
> Thanks to all who have contributed from time to time in keeping this up
> to date.
Dorothy says: let's turn this into a learning experience.
If you are using a mail client (POP-3/IMAP access) like Netscape,
procmail is not an option, is it? I haven't tried, but it seems
that procmail requires your machine to be an MX host ... or can procmail
simply function as an email client, filter the email, and then you
use your email reader to access the folders thus created in Mail/*??
Observation on the above document:
No filtering: elm
Use procmail: mutt, pine, [sic] procmail
Can filter: exmh, netscape, xfmail
Thus if procmail is not an option, 3/7 can filter.
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