[ale] Processing mail

[Jim Popovitch]

That's what I tried first, but it didn't work.  Thanks anyway.

----- Original Message ----- 
 From: Gary Maltzen <maltzen at mm.com>
To: Jim Popovitch <jimpop at rocketship.com>
Cc: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] Processing mail


> First answer was incomplete; from `man procmail`
> 
>        Procmail  can  also  be  invoked to postprocess an already
>        filled system mailbox.  This can be useful  if  you  don't
>        want  to or can't use a $HOME/.forward file (in which case
>        the following script could  periodically  be  called  from
>        within cron(1), or whenever you start reading mail):
> 
>               #!/bin/sh
> 
>               ORGMAIL=/var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME
> 
>               if cd $HOME &&
>                test -s $ORGMAIL &&
>                lockfile -r0 -l1024 .newmail.lock 2>/dev/null
>               then
>                 trap "rm -f .newmail.lock" 1 2 3 13 15
>                 umask 077
>                 lockfile -l1024 -ml
>                 cat $ORGMAIL >>.newmail &&
>                  cat /dev/null >$ORGMAIL
>                 lockfile -mu
>                 formail -s procmail <.newmail &&
>                  rm -f .newmail
>                 rm -f .newmail.lock
>               fi
>               exit 0
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Popovitch <jimpop at rocketship.com>
> 
> 
> I have an account on my Linux server with an inbox already full of email.
> What can I trigger to process that email against a new .procmailrc file?
> 
> 
> 
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