Sorting email - procmail ?

Bill Campbell linux-sxs
Tue Dec 21 13:07:17 PST 2004


On Mon, Dec 20, 2004, Michael Hipp wrote:
>I need to sort my incoming email. I just need something simple to check To: 
>and Cc: lines and move to a folder based on that.
>
>Is procmail the thing to use?

I prefer Chip Salzenberg's ``deliver'' program to procmail.  It lets you
write your filters in any language you want (I use perl), and is very easy
to use.

Bill
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