Subject: Re: The PINE Manual

From: "Robert J. Wilshe" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 01:48:37 -0600

Hello:

I think you can use a utility called procmail, but I'm not sure how....
Pine gurus?  Can you help out?

Thanks!

RJW

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> From: [email-masked]
> To: Robert J. Wilshe <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: The PINE Manual
> Date: Sunday, December 29, 1996 10:04 PM
> 
> 
> How can I filter messages in Pine so that they are filtered into
different
> mailboxes upon receipt?

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 16:07:31 +0100 (MET)

>Pine gurus?  Can you help out?

I'm certainly not a pine guru, quite far from it, actually, but let me briefly
quote from the 

                              SECRETS OF PINE 3.9
[snip]
  How to Use "Incoming Message" Folders

   It is often convenient to have incoming messages vectored into
   different folders, depending upon their subject (or any other
   criteria). This is sometimes called "Delivery Filtering". Pine has no
   knowledge of how mail delivery is done on any given computer, so it is
   not feasible for Pine to control delivery filtering. That means you
   must use whatever delivery filtering tools are available on your
   system to provide this function. Some of the programs used on Unix
   systems to accomplish this include: "procmail", "deliver", and
   "filter". Some sites also arrange for messages addressed in the form
   "user+folder@site" to be automatically vectored into the named folder.

   Once the delivery filtering arrangements have been made according to
   the local practice at your site --and that's the hard part-- Pine
   needs to be told about the additional folders you are using for
   incoming messages, besides your INBOX. This is done by selecting the
   "enable-incoming-folders" feature via the Setup/Config command. Then
   in the FOLDER LIST screen, you can use the "A Add" command to register
   the names (and optionally, nicknames) of the additional folders. In
   cases where these folders are on a remote mailserver other than the
   one holding your INBOX, you will need to know the name of that mail
   server as well.
[snip]

Any questions left?

Cheers,
Robin

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