On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 01:26:43PM +1100, Rick Welykochy wrote:
> 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/*??
It still is. I think I can safely assume you're using linux.
Threfore you setup fetchmail to grap the mail via pop and feed it
through procmail via your local mta. Then you just read you're maiol
locally.
The only disadvantage here is that your email is now on your
home machine. So unless you're connected 24x7 then you can't access your
email from anywhere else anymore. Unless you keep a copy on the server
or something.
>
> 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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