Subject: 'filter' and pine 3.89

From: [email-masked] (Liza Miyamoto)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 04:11:39 GMT

this question has probably been asked many times, so i apologize in 
advance. 

could you PLEASE help me in setting up 'filter' to work with pine, so 
that i may forward certain messages into other folders other than the 
inbox?  i understand that i have to config the .pinerc.  so i guess my 
real problem is excuting the 'filter' program.  do i put a command in 
the .login or .cshrc file so that it will execute upon login?  

i have read the man for filter, and the pine faq from this newsgroup, but 
i am still clueless.  

thank you,
lm
[email-masked]

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 14:16:30 -0800 (GMT)

> i have read the man for filter, and the pine faq from this newsgroup, but 

	I'm assuming that you are talking about the "filter" program
that comes with the elm distribution.  If my assumption is wrong you'll
need to supply additional information.

	Now the one thing you need to know is that "filter" does not
execute at login.  It is run during the delivery process.  This is
accomplished via the use of your .forward file.  An example of the
contents of a .forward file would be:

"|/usr/local/bin/filter #egreshko "

	On deliver of a message this .forward will cause the message
to be "piped" to the program "filter" defined by the full pathname.  (If
your filter program resides in a different place you need to change the
full path.....obviously.)  The #egreshko is to make the call unique to
the system.

	There isn't any configuration necessary to .pinerc file to user
filter.  Remember....pine and filter are totally unrelated.

					Ed

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From: Donald Pirl <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 22:59:22 -0700

> need to supply additional information.

Your reply (to some one else) has told me that I am on the right track.  
I am indeed trying to use the elm "filter" program.
 
> "|/usr/local/bin/filter #egreshko "

I have placed such a .forward file in my home directory
 
> filter.  Remember....pine and filter are totally unrelated.

I do seem to be having a problem deleting unwanted and empty incoming 
message folders.  They delete, but the next time, they are back and 
_won't_ delete.  But I *don't know why no messages were piped into my 
one (other than INBOX) *real* incoming message folder.

Thanks for your held, Edward.

> FAX  : +886-2-712-9197                  Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C
 
--Don 

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