[NTLUG:Discuss] procmail

[Alton Pouncey]

Take a look at http://mozart.kodaly-inst.hu/doc/procmail/examples/

If none of those work, there are plenty of other links at
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=procmail+examples&pg=q&qe

Good luck,
Alton Pouncey

"J. Reeves Hall" wrote:

> Bill Jenkins wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 11:34:35 -0500  "J. Reeves Hall" wrote:
> > : One of my classes (Psy1000, "The Psychology of Adjustment to College
> > : Life", a complete bull$#!+ class) requires us to join a mailing list.
> > : Quite frankly I don't want to receive mail from it. Can someone give me
> > : a basic example of invoking procmail (at login, preferably) to move all
> > : mail with a subject containing "PSY1000", but with a body NOT containing
> > : "quiz", "important", or "test", to the "Bull$#!+" folder? I use Pine as
> > : my mailer. BTW I do not have root on this particular server.
> >
> > There are three procmail man pages:
> > procmail, which gives the overview
> > procmailrc, which tells you how to set up the .procmailrc file
> > procmailex, which gives you basic examples of various user
> > configurations
> >
> > The last seems to be the one I use most.  Since it's been a while
> > since I set it up, I'd have to look there to tell you anything, and
> > you can do that just as well as I, right?  Assuming of course that
>
> I did actually look at them, but procmail hung when I ran it. Doh! I'll give
> it another shot.
>
> > you've done all your homework all these years, and paid attention in
> > class, and labored over every tedious assignment.  Because if some ed
> > school b.a. with a minor in political correctness thinks you oughta do
> > it then you damn well oughta do it, right?
>
> Actually, I don't know the background of my HPS1040 teacher, but you just
> described my first impression of her in great detail :) (HPS1040 is "Health
> Performance Sciences", aka Wellness class - just as bad as PSY1000, but
> enough of an academic threat that I can't completely blow it off...)
>
> -Reeves
>
> --
> In a world without fences, why do we need Gates?
> J. Reeves Hall - Georgia Tech (CS Major)
> [overcode at resnet.gatech.edu]
>
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