Quoth Pollywog on Sat, Sep 26, 1998:
> >1. Don't use procmail -- you already have the exim mail filter,
> > don't you?
>
> Yes, I just wanted to try procmail. I find it easier to use
> procmail's filtering because I do not yet understand how to
> filter with Exim-style filters.
Then, do not use the Exim-style filter. I mean, why use both, if
Exim supports regular .forward mechanism?
Here is an example of exim filter:
----- Start .forward -----
# Exim filter
if error_message then finish endif
if $local_part_suffix is "-bsdi" then
save $home/Mail/bsdi
endif
if $header_X-Mailing-List contains "exim-users@???" then
save $home/Mail/exim
endif
if delivered then finish endif
----- End .forward -----
The above is a cut-out version of my .forward file. I used to
use procmail before we installed exim.
Yes, and, as you can see above, we allow the local part suffixes
starting with dash ('-'). So I'm subscribed to several mailing
lists as "vadik-SOMETHING@???". I've seen people using
suffixes starting with '+'. A good one would be "$" -- it
confuses spammers, for some reason.
Vadik, feeling pretty happy with the daemon.
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