[PLUG] Mozilla 0.9.4 filters

[Tyler F. Creelan]

> Is there a way to manually apply filters to mail in your inbox?  i can

Currently I use the "Rules" feature in Pine. To play with this, go to the
main menu, select "Setup" and press 'R' for "Rules", then "F" for filter.
Filtering only occurs when you start up pine, however, so this may not be
a good solution if you're also running Mozilla as an email client. A
second problem with pine's filters is that mail will be duplicated if you
have multiple pine processes running.

A much better method is "procmail" which will sort your mail into folders
for later retrieval. Unfortunately, I find the syntax of procmail rules
baffling; it seems unlike any scripting language I know. Perhaps you can
find a good tutorial on procmail, or someone on the list can write up a
sample recipe. (I'd like to learn how to auto-respond to emails
containing .doc attachments with a polite letter. Also how to redirect and
decline email from hotmail and msn accounts. For example, if someone sends
me email from an msn account, a polite letter of rejection "I decline
email from the following domains..." is sent back.)

Any procmail wizards out there? :)


Tyler


On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Lonnie Wormley wrote:

> Is there a way to manually apply filters to mail in your inbox?  i can
> not find it in help or on the web site.  I have Imap set up and read my
> mail remotely using Pine.  When I get home I use Mozilla and when the
> inbox on my server is opened unread messages go to the filtered folders.
>  The read mail is still in my inbox.
>
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