On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 10:31:16AM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> > > 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?
The main one IMHO is that your procmail filter will stay with you if
you decide to move to another MTA tomorrow, and if you use exim
filtering you tie yourself to exim.
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