[Techtalk] Noob Evolution Question

[Rebecca J. Van Acker]

Yaroslav Fedevych wrote:

> You setup sendmail for outgoing mail, fetchmail for incoming mail, 
> process incoming mail with procmail and deliver it into your 
> ~/mailbox, 
> then use Evolution to read incoming mail.
> 
> Of course procmail is just a Good Thing to use, you can archive your 
> mail as soon as it arrives, process the headers/whatever you want. 
> However, RTFM for Procmail is a must (I faced this challenge. 
> I have to 
> do it with w2k, as well as sendmail setup!), but after you're done, 
> there will be much rejoicing.

Thanks for the suggestion!  I've already set up sendmail for outgoing mail.
I will definitely take a look using procmail.  I like the idea of
maintaining your filters even after switching MUAs.  It just makes sense.  

I appreciate your offer of assistance...I'll give this a go and see how I
make out.

Kindest regards,
~Becky