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Re: Procmail and sorting mail with imap folders



On Mon 10.Dec'07 at 14:51:02 -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> On Monday, December 10 at 08:23 PM, quoth Jamie Griffin:
> > I don't use local folders currently and manage my mail using imap 
> > folders.
> 
> Cool, same here! I like being able to get access to all my email from 
> virtually anywhere.
> 
> > I thought about setting up mailboxes to receive and store items such 
> > as mail from mailing-lists.
> 
> Good thoughts; I do that too.
> 
> > I'm assuming i can get mutt to do this for me when the mail pulled 
> > down from the server but from the resources i've looked it i'm still 
> > unsure if and how i can do this.
> 
> Not really. I mean, I suppose you could make a complex macro that did 
> that all for you when you opened up your inbox, but that would be both 
> hard to get right, and extremely complicated.
> 
> The best way to get mail automatically filed away as it comes in is to 
> use a server-side filter, such as procmail, maildrop, SIEVE, or 
> something similar. I use procmail (though it's probably the most 
> problematic of the three options I listed there). Maildrop is very 
> reliable, but has a kinda quirky filtering language (at least, for a 
> guy who's used to procmail---YMMV). SIEVE is the most interesting, 
> because it is designed to be configured from your mail client (e.g. 
> there's a Thunderbird plugin for it). mutt has no support for SIEVE, 
> but then that's no big surprise given mutt's design, which is more as 
> a mail *viewer* than as a mail *manager*.
> 
> ~Kyle
> -- 
> Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old 
> story.
>                                                    -- Margaret Thatcher
Thanks Kyle

i will look at procmail and see what i can so. Any ideas on where i could find 
some more infor about using procmail with imap folders? 
The stuff i've looked at seems mostly tailored for managing mail locally. 

Jamie

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