On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
>
>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.
After seeing your example above, I think perhaps I should learn
to use Exim's filtering and leave out procmail. I know that I
don't *need* procmail when I have Exim, but I thought perhaps
procmail was easier to use. I think learning the Exim way is
probably best.
thanks
--Andrew
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