[Techtalk] Noob Evolution Question
Rebecca J. Van Acker
nixgirl617 at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 28 08:43:33 EST 2004
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
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