Re: a little comparison of procmail and maildrop

[parv <parv@xxxxxxxx>]

Here is my list extracting procmail recipes...


  # one space & one tab inside '[...]'
  WS_zero="[    ]*"
  WS_one="[     ]+"
  WS_one_not="[^        ]+"

  #  extract from_
  :0
  * $ ^From${WS_one}\/${WS_one_not}
  { from_ = "$MATCH" }

  #  get list id
  :0
  * $ ^List-ID:${WS_zero}.*\/<[a-z]+.*>
  { list_id = "$MATCH" }


  #  based on $list_id, assign $list
  #  ----
  list=
  #  freebsd lists
  :0
  * list_id  ??  ()<\/[a-z]+[-.a-z]+freebsd\.org>
  {
    #  consider -gnats-submit list same as -bugs, but not -ports-bugs unless
    #  subject pertains to perl
    :0
    * list_id  ??  ()(ports-bugs|cvs-ports)
    { list = f-ports }

      :0 E
      * list_id  ??  ()(gnats-submit|bugs)
      { list = f-bugs }

      #  most interesting freebsd mailing lists
      :0 E
      * MATCH  ??  ()\/(stable|ppc|cvs|mobile|questions|ports|java)
      { list = "f-${MATCH}" }

      #  dafault $list for/from any freebsd list
      :0 E
      { list = f-misc }
  }

    #  all the lists which have list-id: header
    #  ----
    #  This recipe isn't intelligent enough not to set $list if a
    #  suspicious mailing list's message sneaks in.  That is, a check
    #  for actually subscribed lists is needed.
    #  ----
    :0 E
    * list_id  ??  ()(razor|pair|procmail|mutt|fvwm|slrn|freebsd|minolta)
    * list_id  ??  ()<\/[a-z]+
    { list = "$MATCH" }

    #  use of mailing-list: instead of list-id:
    :0 E
    * $ ^Mailing-List:${WS_zero}\/(list 
minolta|contact${WS_zero}perl[a-z0-9-]+help@perl\.org)
    * $MATCH  ??  ()\/(minolta|perl) 
    { list = "$MATCH" }

    #  these mailing lists don't have any particular list-id: like
    #  headers
    :0 E
    * $ ^Sender:${WS_zero}owner-\/(mutt|fvwm)(-[a-z]+)?@.*[a-z0-9]+
    {
      :0
      * MATCH  ??  ()\/(mutt|fvwm)
      { list = "$MATCH" }
    }

    #  confirmation related to a freebsd pr doesn't come w/ any list type
    #  header, so check for From_ header.
    :0 E
    * from_  ??  ()gnats@freebsd\.org
    { list = f-bugs }

    :0 E
    * 9876543210^0  subj  ??  ()(Question for|Answer from) seller -- Item 
\#[0-9]+
    *         -1^0  from_  ??  
()(savedsearches|bidconfirm|aw-confirm|dailystatus)@ebay\.com
    * $        1^0  ^X-eBay-MailTracker:${WS_zero}[0-9.]+[a-z]+
    { list = ebay }

    #  unknown, set $list_id to empty string, or no mailing list message
    :0 E
    { list = "" }


  - Parv

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