MUA Filters vs Procmail filters[was] RE: Mailing list procmailrecipe

[Tom 'Needs A Hat' Mitchell]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 11:34:54AM -0400, Jay Daniels wrote:

> > > > /var/spool/mail/$USER think about using a .forward file and procmail
> > 
> > Remember that if sendmail is setup to include procmail  magic in
> > .procmailrc and tinkering with  .forward  is not needed.
> > 
> > On FC1 it is common to see procmail as a local resource for sendmail:
> >   $ grep procmail /etc/mail/*mc
> >   /etc/mail/sendmail.mc:define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')dnl
> >   /etc/mail/sendmail.mc:FEATURE(local_procmail,`',`procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl/etc/mail/sendmail.mc:MAILER(procmail)dnl
> 
> If I understand correctly, then I can delete ~/.forward?

I never delete a file when I have a question like this  ;-)
I rename it ( mv ~/.forward ~/.forward-should-not-need).
And yes haveing procmail as the local delivery agen can simplify things.


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