On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Mark D. Roth wrote:
 > To use an analogy, it's like using procmail to filter your email.  You
 > write a set of rules which can match any information about the
 > message.

Good analogy, I see your point. Though there has to be a better
filtering syntax than procmail's...

 > You might select a few messages based on the sender at the
 > beginning, but anything that makes it through those rules can be
 > filtered by subject.

Sounds feasible, though an expanded set of base tags/facilities,
standardized in the protocol, would aid portability.

--
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/

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