Subject: Sorting: address --> folder

From: [email-masked] (nobody)
Date: 6 May 1995 21:58:37 GMT

Basically, what I'd like to do is have it so that if a message from a 
specific address(es) arrives in my mailbox, I can file it into a 
corresponding folder. For instance, I want to get back on a specific 
mailing list, but it sends over 20 messages an hour. Many times I don't 
have the patience or the ability to find my other messages mixed in with 
the mailing list messages. Can I set Pine up to do this? If there is 
another mail util I can use to do this or an add on to Pine, please let 
me know as well. Thanks!

JR

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From: "Paul O. Bartlett" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 11:45:51 -0400

On 6 May 1995, nobody wrote:

> Date: 6 MAY 1995 21:58:37 GMT 
> From: nobody <[email-masked]>
> Newgroups: comp.mail.pine
> Subject: Sorting: address --> folder 

> corresponding folder.  [...] 
>                            Can I set Pine up to do this? If there is 

    Yet one more time.  Pine itself does not do mail filtering.  It can
use the _results_ of mail filtering done by another program, such as
procmail on Unix.  For instance, I use procmail to pick out mailings from
one listserv into a separate folder readable by Pine.  It is done quietly,
so to speak, even when I am not logged on.  In this case, however, all
mailings come from one or the other of two specific userids.  Whether you
can adapt it to your situation I don't know.  Nancy McGough's mail
filtering FAQ has lots of good information and instructions.  I was able
to set up procmail easily just by following a recipe.  The FAQ is
available at: 

    [USENET newsgroup:] news.answers
    ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/ii/internet/filtering_mail_faq.txt
    ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/filtering-faq

(If you do not have access to these resources, I can email you a copy.)

    It is probably possible to do what you want to do.  It's just a 
question of finding the right resources and documentation to do the job.  
The filtering FAQ is a good place to start.

Paul