Subject: Procmail!

From: "Dinesh R. Thakkar" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:54:00 +0530 (GMT+5:30)

Hello,

Can any please tell me what is procmail? Does it help in filtering 
messages to respective folders? Where will I get more information?

Thanks, Dinesh.

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From: Rudolf Kompf <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 08:29:53 +0100 (MET)

On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Dinesh R. Thakkar wrote:

-> Hello,
-> 
-> Can any please tell me what is procmail? Does it help in filtering 
-> messages to respective folders? Where will I get more information?
-> 
-> Thanks, Dinesh.
-> 
Yes, procmail is applicable to you if you use Un*x. Get the package from
your nearest USENET comp.sources.misc or at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de as
pub/packages/procmail/procmail.tar.gz

Hope,it helps
Rudolf

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From: Aaron Aw <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 16:35:15 +0800 (SGT)

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Hello,
	Is Pine3.95 able to perform any filtering without the use of
external software such as procmail or elm filter? Thanks!

Just Me,
Aaron Aw

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From: "Dinesh R. Thakkar" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:45:10 +0530 (GMT+5:30)

Hello,

> pub/packages/procmail/procmail.tar.gz

 Thanks for the information.

 Let me explain the setup I use. I am using a DOS based PC system to call 
up at the ISP. As far as I know, they too are not aware of procmail. They 
are using a UNIX system. I access Pine and Lynx which is resident on the 
ISP's hard disk. How can I still use procmail? What changes will have the 
ISP do? Or can I do them for myself? I have access to the shell prompt.

 Dinesh.

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From: Vince LaMonica <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 01:35:07 GMT

It was the Dawn of the 3rd Age of Man (or around 14 Nov 1996 23:16:57 -0800)
when Dinesh R. Thakkar <[email-masked]> stated:

} On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Rudolf Kompf wrote:

} > On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Dinesh R. Thakkar wrote:
} > 
} > -> Can any please tell me what is procmail? Does it help in filtering 
} > -> messages to respective folders? Where will I get more information?
} > Yes, procmail is applicable to you if you use Un*x. Get the package from
} > your nearest USENET comp.sources.misc or at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
} > pub/packages/procmail/procmail.tar.gz

}  Let me explain the setup I use. I am using a DOS based PC system to call 
} up at the ISP. As far as I know, they too are not aware of procmail. They 
} are using a UNIX system. I access Pine and Lynx which is resident on the 
} ISP's hard disk. How can I still use procmail? What changes will have the 
} ISP do? Or can I do them for myself? I have access to the shell prompt.

     You can install `procmail' on the ISP's system (hard disk) and use
     it with `pine'. `procmail' allows you to (among other things)
     presort mail into separate folders. You can set up `pine' to use the
     same folders.

     eg: all mail from the Ibrowse (a W3 client) mailing list gets put
     into a folder called "ibrowse" within my ~/.mailbox dir (my
     ~/.mailbox dir is where incoming mail is stored - not in
     /usr/spool/mail/$USER). I then set up `pine''s Incoming Folders
     option to add the folder "~/.mailbox/ibrowse" (nicknamed it
     Ibrowse). 

     Hope this helps some (and if it didn't, let me know...)

     Vince

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Vince LaMonica		admirable to work with the handicapped.

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From: [email-masked] (Lu Weiguo)
Date: 25 Nov 1996 13:14:57 GMT

Dinesh R. Thakkar ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Hello,

: Can any please tell me what is procmail? Does it help in filtering 
: messages to respective folders? Where will I get more information?

: Thanks, Dinesh.

procmail, autonomous mail processor, should be invoked automatically over 
the .forward file mechanism as soon as mail arrives.

it is available at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de as 
pub/packages/procmail/procmail.tar.gz.

-- weiguo