[95519] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Procmail and Netscape
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\))
Mon Oct 19 08:58:21 1998
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 13:59:08 +0100
From: "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)" <argathin@iname.com>
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In-Reply-To: <362A7E7D.7CB222F4@iohk.com>; from Nick Urbanik on Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 07:49:18AM +0800
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Nick Urbanik writes:
[procmail setup with Netscape]
>
> 1. What causes procmail to start automatically? ps auxw | grep
> procmail reveals procmail isn't running otherwise. .fetchmailrc
> contains nothing to start it. Is this something to do with
> sendmail?
procmail is the default delivery mechanism in RedHat Linux, i.e. it is
called automatically by sendmail whenever there is mail to be delivered.
> 2. Is appending the contents of one mail file to the end of another
> going to inevitably cause problems?
If both files were in the correct format for the mail program you're using,
you shouldn't encounter problems.
> 3. Is procmail incompatible with Netscape? I see no mention of
> procmail on Netscape's site.
I've used Netscape for mail only twice, but as far as I remember, Netscape
is using a similar mail folder format to the likes of elm or mutt. In that
case, you should be able to use procmail without problems.
> 4. Does anyone have any solution to the problem of having filters run
> independently of any one mail reader? The problem is that over the
> phone, Netscape runs very slowly; I want to be able to use other
> faster text-mode mail readers as well as Netscape locally, but
> since I get so much email daily, I want to filter it into the
> appropriate mail folders without being dependent on one program.
Then procmail is definitely the way to go. In the other reply you got there
were URLs to follow, that should give you a start. Further on, you can do a
web search on procmail, and you'll probably end up with thousands of
links...
HTH,
Thomas
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