Dear Rene,
fdm does the trick!
Thank you for your response!
Kind regards
Pietido
On 10/05/ , Rene Kita wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 02:16:10PM +0000, Pietido wrote:
> >
> > Dear Mutt-users,
> >
> > maybe my request was answered more than one time from you,
> > but I did not find out how I can sort e-mails before I read them with
> > mutt.
> >
> > I use mbsync to receive my e-mails for an IMAP account
> > provider and to read it offline with mutt.
> >
> > Maybe there is a way to setup procmail or a similar app to filter
> > e-mail?
>
> I call fdm after I synced with mbsync to filter some email in my Inbox.
> I also use mlist from mblaze to check if there is new mail. This all
> happens in a script.
>
> .fdm.conf looks like this:
> #v+
> $mail = "%h/Mail"
>
> account "filter" maildir "${mail}/Inbox"
> action "spam" maildir "${mail}/Spam"
>
> # Bob Idiot
> match case "^From: Some Idiot <idiot@example\.com>" in headers action drop
>
> # spam
> match case "^X-Original-To: info@rkta\.de" in headers action "spam"
> #v-
>
> And here is my script:
> #v+
> #!/bin/sh
>
> mbsync default || exit 10
> rsync -a --delete ~/Mail/ ~/.Mail.backup/ || exit 9
> fdm fetch || exit 8
> mlist -N ~/Mail/Inbox | read _
> #v-
>
> I usually have mutt put in the background and call the scripts as
> $ ms && %1
>
> So, if I have new mail mutt will be put in the foreground. You get the
> idea.
