On Fri 27 Sep 2013 20:42:15 NZST +1200, Rosalind Mitchell wrote: > In a nutshell, how do I enable automatic filtering within Kmail of incoming > messages from fetchmail/exim?
You don't bother with kmail and use either procmail or maildrop. Both are non-GUI filters that work well with fetchmail and any(!!) email client. You're free to change email client without having to re-do more than absolutely necessary. I have been using procmail and mutt for 15 years. Both have been rock-solid, fast, and effectively always worked as advertised. They are workhorses I can rely on at any time. In comparison, kmail is slow, buggy, doesn't work as advertised virtually all of the time, is a resource hog, and this akowhatnot can only be described as a PITA. Whether its programming is intelligent behind the scenes, code re-use is high, etc. is all irrelevant unless it can demonstrate to be a dependable app. I've been waiting a decade and am still counting. It does look pretty though and does display an HTML email when needed. Its time saving compared to mutt, where manual- studying is frequent, however is non-existent (because it doesn't work either as advertised or as expected). It wouldn't occur to me to invest time/effort into entrusting it with mail filtering when there are proven, reliable tools for exactly that purpose and that work with anything that comes after fetchmail. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header. http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.