Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS dijo:
> Axel Tillequin:
>
> > > Mutt doesn't filter mail. Try procmail.
> > >
> >
> > note:
> > If your MTA is exim (much simpler and as powerfull as sendmail)
> > then Procmail is not necessary. Look for "filtering mail"
> > in the exim doc...Actually you will just have to write a .forward file
> > with some special
> > commands in it like "if $header contains "gimp" then save ~/Mail/gimp
> > endif".
>
> Does procmail have any notable advantages over using exim as a mail
> filter?
Procmail is a mail filter program, while exim is an mail transport agent
with filtering capabilities. I've never used exim for filtering, since
I imagine procmail does that job much better. Besides, there are some
nice filtering recipes in procmail I couldn't possibly use with exim.
Be warned:
If your MTA is Exim, and use procmail for mail filtering, DO NOT add a
.foward file of this type:
"|IFS=' ' && p=/usr/local/bin/procmail && test -f $p && exec $p -Yf- ||
exit 75 #YOUR_LOGIN_NAME"
somehow it doesn't work with exim & procmail. The IFS declaration
doesn't work here, and you'll loose mail. Instead, use something like:
"|exec /usr/bin/procmail #your_login_name"
Or you can tell exim about procmail in /etc/exim.conf (no .forward file
needed here).
HTH
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Horacio
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Valencia - ESPAÑA
