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Re: IMAP, Gmail and...Procmail?



* Michael Pobega <pobega@xxxxxxxxx> [07-15-08 11:32]:
> I have finally set up Mutt to work with IMAP (After just finding out
> Gmail has IMAP this morning), but I'm wondering if there is a suitable
> way to sort my emails using Procmail. I used to use POP and Procmail
> together to sort all my mail, but with IMAP that doesn't seem possible
> since I'm not actually downloading the mail...
> 
> Can anyone tell me a suitable way to sort my mail or use Procmail with
> IMAP?

You can still download your mail and sort *locally* with procmail.
You just set the fetchmail protocol to imap instead of pop.  The
keyword here is "local".

I don't know why your want imap.  If you want to view sorted mail on
the gmail server, use the web interface and gmail "labels".

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