On Mon 10.Dec'07 at 14:51:02 -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote: > On Monday, December 10 at 08:23 PM, quoth Jamie Griffin: > > I don't use local folders currently and manage my mail using imap > > folders. > > Cool, same here! I like being able to get access to all my email from > virtually anywhere. > > > I thought about setting up mailboxes to receive and store items such > > as mail from mailing-lists. > > Good thoughts; I do that too. > > > I'm assuming i can get mutt to do this for me when the mail pulled > > down from the server but from the resources i've looked it i'm still > > unsure if and how i can do this. > > Not really. I mean, I suppose you could make a complex macro that did > that all for you when you opened up your inbox, but that would be both > hard to get right, and extremely complicated. > > The best way to get mail automatically filed away as it comes in is to > use a server-side filter, such as procmail, maildrop, SIEVE, or > something similar. I use procmail (though it's probably the most > problematic of the three options I listed there). Maildrop is very > reliable, but has a kinda quirky filtering language (at least, for a > guy who's used to procmail---YMMV). SIEVE is the most interesting, > because it is designed to be configured from your mail client (e.g. > there's a Thunderbird plugin for it). mutt has no support for SIEVE, > but then that's no big surprise given mutt's design, which is more as > a mail *viewer* than as a mail *manager*. > > ~Kyle > -- > Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old > story. > -- Margaret Thatcher Thanks Kyle
i will look at procmail and see what i can so. Any ideas on where i could find some more infor about using procmail with imap folders? The stuff i've looked at seems mostly tailored for managing mail locally. Jamie
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