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-
-INTRODUCTION
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-It is a common practice when using nmh to filter your inbound mail
-directly into nmh folders. There are several programs which allow you
-to do this, of which two common ones are procmail and slocal.
-
-SLOCAL
-------
-The slocal command is part of the nmh distribution. It is a fairly
-simple mail filtering program. Check the slocal man page for an example
-filtering file (called .maildelivery).
-
-PROCMAIL
---------
-Probably the most popular mail filtering command is procmail. It can
-filter mail into standard mbox-style spool files, as well as into MH/nmh
-style folders.
-
-Although procmail knows how to put a message directly into an nmh folder,
-this is not recommended. Procmail doesn't know about nmh sequences.
-Instead you should have procmail use the nmh command `rcvstore' to put
-the message into the folder. The `rcvstore' command will (by default)
-add each new message to the "unseen" sequence, so you can detect new
-messages in folders with the `flist' command.
-
-Also, nmh commands generally like to keep mail messages in RFC-822
-format. But by default, procmail will leave the first line of the
-message unchanged. This line (which usually begins with "From ") is
-not in the standard RFC-822 format. It is recommended that you use the
-command `formail' (which comes in the procmail distribution) to rewrite
-this line so that it begins with the header name "X-Envelope-From:".
-An example of how to do this is given below.
-
-The reason the header name "X-Envelope-From:" is recommended, is that the
-nmh command `packf' (as of version 0.23) will check for this header when
-packing folders. The `packf' command knows how to undo the rewriting
-of the "From " line to the "X-Envelope-From:" line. By checking for
-this header name, `packf' is able to pack the folder into exactly the
-form that is used if procmail delivers to the standard mail spool.
-
-If you do not rewrite the "From " line into this format, the `packf'
-command will still work. But it may create fake "From " lines which
-are not the same as the originals.
-
-Alternatively, you might be able to suppress generation of the "From "
-line. If your procmail invocation includes the -f or -r option,
-remove. Those options add a "From " line to incoming beginning of
-messages that do not have them.
-
-Here is a typical .procmailrc file for using procmail in conjunction
-with nmh. For more information, see the manual pages for procmail,
-procmailrc and procmailex.
-
-###################################################################
-# .procmailrc
-###################################################################
-# To use procmail, put the next line in your .forward file:
-# "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/local/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #XXX"
-# Do not remove the double quotes. Change XXX to your username.
-# Edit path to procmail above, and the VARIABLES below, as needed.
-# Adapt the MAILING LIST section below for lists you subscribe to.
-# Your .forward needs to be world-readable, but not world-writable.
-###################################################################
-# This .procmailrc is written for use with nmh/mh/exmh/mh-e
-###################################################################
-
-### VARIABLES ###
-VERBOSE=off
-SHELL=/bin/sh
-PATH=/usr/local/nmh/lib:/usr/local/nmh/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
-MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
-LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log
-LOCKEXT=.lock
-
-#################
-# CLEANUP MESSAGE
-#################
-
-# Force the "From user date" to become part of header
-:0 Whf
-| formail -z -R 'From ' X-Envelope-From:
-
-###############
-# MAILING LISTS
-###############
-
-:0 w: nmh-workers/$LOCKEXT
-* ^Resent-from: *nmh-workers
-| rcvstore +nmh-workers
-
-# catches exmh-{announce,users,workers}
-:0 w: exmh/$LOCKEXT
-* ^TOexmh
-| rcvstore +exmh
-
-# Catch junk. Don't add it to "unseen" sequence (nmh only)
-:0 w: junk/$LOCKEXT
-* ^(reply-to|from|sender):.*(spammer|flamer|evil-host)
-| rcvstore -nounseen +junk
-
-################
-# DEFAULT ACTION
-################
-:0 w: inbox/$LOCKEXT
-| rcvstore +inbox
-
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