[Gllug] Another Quick Mutt question

Nix nix at esperi.demon.co.uk
Wed Nov 28 00:34:08 UTC 2001


On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Stig Brautaset stipulated:
> You can of course turn this feature off in the MTA if you are using
> Maildir (or, as you say mh-folders) directly, in which case you might
> take some caution and filter the mail trough procmail like this: 
> 
> 	$ cat * | procmail -m escape_from_rc 
> 
> where escape_from_rc looks like this:
> 
> ## file starts here
> MAILDIR=$HOME		# put the new folder in ~
> LOGFILE=mh_to_mbox_log	# create a logfile as well
> VERBOSE=yes		# log verbose info
> DEFAULT=from_mh_folder_to_mbox
> 
>:0 bfW:
>| sed -e 's/^From />From /'
> ## file ends here
> 
> Somehow, I think Nix already knew this, but others might find it useful.

No, actually, I hadn't thought of it. Makes sense, though; I shall have
to implement it here and see how it goes...

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