Re: fetchmail, procmail, mutt
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Matthew Coulliette wrote: Hi everyone, I am trying to setup fetchmail to get my email from the server, procmail to sort my email, and mutt to read my email. So far, fetchmail appears to work. It gets the mail and puts it in /var/mail/username. I believe that the next step is to have procmail sort it into mailboxes. I have created a .mail dir in my home dir. I attached a copy of the .procmailrc file that I have written. It does not appear to work. Can someone tell me what is wrong with the config file. Any other comments or suggestions are also welcome. My .fetchmailrc file looks like this: poll pop.west.cox.net protocol pop3 username xx password xx mimedecode mda /usr/bin/procmail -f - Note the call to procmail. You didn't say which mailbox format you wanted. This will deliver mail in mbox format. If you want the maildir format the URL in the other reply might be what you want. Don't know. There are advantages and disadvantages to both formats. In your .procmailrc file MAILDIR=/home/matthewmpp/.mail doesn't work. I learned that the hard way. It will always revert to the default mailbox. You had it right with DEFAULT=/home/matthewmpp/.mail/all. Is there a reason you got away from that? The relevant part of my procmailrc file is: #MAILDIR=/var/mail #MAILDIR=/var/spool/mail DEFAULT=$HOME/mail/INCOMING -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: fetchmail, procmail, mutt
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, wta wrote: Hi Matthew your file looks ok, so far, you need to check your fechmail config, because if is working, but it is not calling procmail. you need something like mda /usr/bin/procmail -m /directory/to/procmail.conf I tried that about a week ago when I was attempting to use an alternate .procmailrc file and it was a disaster. I don't have the error message handy as it's on my laptop which is at Red7 for repair. check here for reference http://www.ioncannon.net/system-administration/97/using-fetchmail-and-procmail-for-maildir-style-storage-from-a-pop3-account/ The reference in the above site to CORRECTHOME confuses me. Running a search on it turns up nothing that tells me *how it works. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: fetchmail, procmail, mutt
CORRECTHOME=is your maildir try this as .procmailrc USERHOME=CORRECTHOME and then check the logs USERHOME=/home/matthewmpp/.mail MAILDIR=$USERHOME/maildir/ LOGFILE=$USERHOME/procmail.log VERBOSE=on :0 Mail/ On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote: On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, wta wrote: Hi Matthew your file looks ok, so far, you need to check your fechmail config, because if is working, but it is not calling procmail. you need something like mda /usr/bin/procmail -m /directory/to/procmail.conf I tried that about a week ago when I was attempting to use an alternate .procmailrc file and it was a disaster. I don't have the error message handy as it's on my laptop which is at Red7 for repair. check here for reference http://www.ioncannon.net/system-administration/97/using-fetchmail-and-procmail-for-maildir-style-storage-from-a-pop3-account/ The reference in the above site to CORRECTHOME confuses me. Running a search on it turns up nothing that tells me *how it works. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
re: fetchmail, procmail, mutt
Message: 6 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:04:56 -0700 (MST) From: Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net Subject: Re: fetchmail, procmail, mutt To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Message-ID: alpine.deb.2.00.1004202343460.31...@localhost Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Matthew Coulliette wrote: Hi everyone, I am trying to setup fetchmail to get my email from the server, procmail to sort my email, and mutt to read my email. So far, fetchmail appears to work. It gets the mail and puts it in /var/mail/username. I believe that the next step is to have procmail sort it into mailboxes. I have created a .mail dir in my home dir. I attached a copy of the .procmailrc file that I have written. It does not appear to work. Can someone tell me what is wrong with the config file. Any other comments or suggestions are also welcome. My .fetchmailrc file looks like this: poll pop.west.cox.net protocol pop3 username xx password xx mimedecode mda /usr/bin/procmail -f - Note the call to procmail. You didn't say which mailbox format you wanted. This will deliver mail in mbox format. If you want the maildir format the URL in the other reply might be what you want. Don't know. There are advantages and disadvantages to both formats. In your .procmailrc file MAILDIR=/home/matthewmpp/.mail doesn't work. I learned that the hard way. It will always revert to the default mailbox. You had it right with DEFAULT=/home/matthewmpp/.mail/all. Is there a reason you got away from that? The relevant part of my procmailrc file is: #MAILDIR=/var/mail #MAILDIR=/var/spool/mail DEFAULT=$HOME/mail/INCOMING -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer Oh boy these are all fun to setup... :) I run fetchmail, procmail, mutt and msmtp. In my ~ there is a ~/.mutt/ which contains all my formatting. In my ~ there is also a folder ~/.MuttMail which contains all my mailboxes. MBox was easier as was pop3 for me than Maildir and Imap. Do note with MBox you MUST have /tmp /curr and /new directory in your ~/.MuttMail folder cat .fetchmailrc poll pop.gmail.com protocol pop3 user XXX cat .procmailrc PATH=/bin;/usr/bin;/usr/local/bin MAILDIR=$HOME/.MuttMail##you better make sure it exists DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/INBOX LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/.procmail_log LOGABSTRACT=no VERBOSE=on ##only used for debugging FORMAIL=/usr/bin/formail NL=' ' ##recipe lines begin with :0 ##dont put comments on recipe lines ##disable a recipe with the false condition! ##condition lines begin with * and regex is your friend ##conditions are anded and everything after * is fed straight into #egrep ##one action line follows the conditions, in this case it is a #mailbox name # # # #catch duplicates using formail #:0 Whc:.msgid.lock #|$FORMAIL -D 16384 .msgid.cache #:0 #$MAILDIR/duplicates #now flush spam out :0 *^Subject:.*(credit|cash|money|debt|sex|sale|loan) $MAILDIR/spam #no more html messages :0 *^Content-Type:.*html $MAILDIR/junk #now put my mail lists into mailboxes :0 *^List-Id:.*wftl-lug $MAILDIR/wftl-lug :0 *^List-Id:.* plug-discuss $MAILDIR/plug-discuss :0 *^List-Id:.*arch-linux $MAILDIR/arch-linux :0 *^List-Id:. *nlug-talk $MAILDIR/nlug-talk :0 *^List-Id:. *tclug $MAILDIR/tclug # Last Rule: Hamm # :0 *.* $DEFAULT #EOF # cat .muttrc # vim:syn=muttrc # auto login to this mailbox at startup #Vim Settings for interfacing with Mutt set editor='vim -c set tw=72 ' ### # ~/.muttrc # # *updated --again-- to remove options that simply duplicate defaults* # ### # directories and commands set move=yes source /etc/Muttrc.gpg.dist source /$HOME/.mutt/gpg set sendmail=/usr/bin/msmtp set query_command = /$HOME/.abook/addressbook '%s' # alias file with abook set alias_file = /$HOME/.MuttMail/alias#alias file # set certificate_file= ~/.mutt/certificates # where to store certs set header_cache= /$HOME/.MuttMail/headers # where to store headers set message_cachedir= /$HOME/.MuttMail/cache/bodies # where to store bodies set mailcap_path= /$HOME/.MuttMail/mailcap # entrys for filetypes set signature = /$HOME/.mutt/signature# my signature file set tmpdir = /$HOME/.MuttMail/tmp # where to keep temp files set ispell = aspell -e -c# use aspell as ispell # set query_command = mutt_vc_query '%s' # query rolo's vCards set print_command = enscript -p - | psselect -r | lp# print email in reverse page order # maildir settings set mbox_type = Maildir # mailbox type set folder =/$HOME/.MuttMail
fetchmail, procmail, mutt
Hi everyone, I am trying to setup fetchmail to get my email from the server, procmail to sort my email, and mutt to read my email. So far, fetchmail appears to work. It gets the mail and puts it in /var/mail/username. I believe that the next step is to have procmail sort it into mailboxes. I have created a .mail dir in my home dir. I attached a copy of the .procmailrc file that I have written. It does not appear to work. Can someone tell me what is wrong with the config file. Any other comments or suggestions are also welcome. MatthewMPP #procmailrc file by MatthewMPP, 04-18-10 #routes incoming mail to appropriate mail boxes #ASSIGNMENTS PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin #this is where it looks for programs. #MAILDIR=/var/mail/matthewmpp #this is where fetchmail put my email. MAILDIR=/home/matthewmpp/.mail #DEFAULT=/home/matthewmpp/.mail/all LOGFILE=/home/matthewmpp/.procmail.log #this is where it should put the log. SHELL=/bin/sh #this is the shell VERBOSE=yes #RECIPES #Put mail into mailboxes :0 * ^To:.*matthew...@cox.net all --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
