Re: Meta-Macro's and General Folder-Hook Question
* Stef <stef@xxxxxxxxx> [2004-06-07 21:59 -0400]:
> Patrick wrote:
> > * Stef <stef@xxxxxxxxx> [06-07-04 20:40]:
> > >
> > > ah. but you see, theres the rub. I am in an enviroment where i am using
> > > a remote IMAP machine with -0- ssh/telnet/rlogin access.
> >
> > Are you accessing the imap mail from different computers? If not, why
> > not use fetchmail -> procmail -> mutt and perform the operations on
> > your own machine the way you want?
>
> As you say, that would be great, if were i
> worked I had 'one machine'. The policy where
> i work is to have machines that you 'sign onto'
> and all files are stored on network storage.
>
> I have a large (read huge) quota for email, but
> very small in comparison for storage (i know, i
> know, i dont make the rules where i work, so i
> cant even begin to explain to them that they are
> both the same - in theory ;)
>
> so, storing them on client side is not really
> feasible, otherwise, yes, i would agree with
> you in regards to fetchmail (i use that at
> home with msmtp and mutt to get around the
> silly block on port 25 :)
What about using fetchmail to fetch them, push them through procmail
and then put them back into the imap server (don't know how, I'm not
using imap, but there must be some tool to do this)?
Nicolas