> yah filip,
> procmail is one, i just searched google and came up with MailF by
> steines. I presume my problem is "filtering multi-mail-drop", well
> MailF is a mail filter and also uses my Virus Scan to scan all
> incoming messages.
> http://www.steines.com/mailf/
> I was just reading up on that when i read this message, now i am a bit
> confused on what to use? procmail is already installed on my system,
> where this MailF needs compilation, etc... which I have never
> attempted before. What do you advise?
> Can I use procmail for filtering and MailF for Virus Scanning or are
> both these present in procmail? or should I stick to just one of these
> programs?
> forgive my for not reading the procmail documentation bef. asking you
> these questions, i intend to do so now :)
> thanks,
> vasant
>>>Hi,
>>>is there anyway i can implement rules in my fetchmail, like if the
>>>subject contains vasant, then redirect that message to
>>>/var/spool/mail/vasant.
>>>my problem is, fetchmail polls 3 of our mail servers and distributes
>>>all the messages thus fetched to all the users, whereas i only want
>>>the users to be able to get those messages where their names are in
>>>the subject line or To, etc. I can implement in in the users
>>>individual outlook express, but then the remaining messages which they
>>>receive tend to remain on the server and clog up the space.
>>>i have a .fetchmailrc file containing the following:
>>>poll pop.test.com proto pop3
>>> user 'test' there with password '' is some_aliase here
>>> options fetchall
>>> -- the same for the remaining 2 servers --
>>>i am aware of this option:
>>> properties String value is ignored by fetch-
>>> mail (may be used by extension
>>> scripts)
>>>but then i want to say " if <vasant> is found in the subject then
>>>fetch", is this possible, do i have to use any 3rd party software for
>>>this.
>>>thanks,
>>>Vasant
>>Yes there is , use procmail. See man procmailex for some example how to
>>implement that.
>>Filip
guess, you have to read some documentation now :)
Fetchmail and procmail can do the delivering part of the job, they both
are installed and easy to use.
Mailf can scan for virusses with an external virusscanner, but you have
to compile it first and thats up to you. And install the virus scanner.
I'd go for the first option, using procmail, read the doc's (it really
helps a lot). When you got that working you can always extend the
functionality by adding virusscan .
Filip
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