Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:52:30 -0500 From: GH <grasshacker@over-yonder.net> To: Joseph Garcia <bear@buug.homeip.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I filer Email or mbox File? Message-ID: <20010716165230.C21416@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20010711113051.S16127-100000@localhost>; from bear@buug.homeip.net on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 11:41:34AM -0700 References: <20010711113051.S16127-100000@localhost>
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 11:41:34AM -0700, some SMTP stream spewed forth:
> Hey all!
>
> I have been using procmail to filter my incoming email using some rules
> that I found on www.freebsddiary.org website. So far the rules work
> perfectly for incoming mail. Although, I have email in my mbox file that
> I want certain email extracted and put into a specific folder. I thought
> that maybe creating the rule in my .procmailrc and cat'ing the mbox file
> through procmail would do the trick, but it didn't. So what would be the
> right way to filter out the email from my box file into another file?
>
Check the man page for procmail.
formail -s procmail < mbox
> TIA,
>
> Joey
gh
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