> > I want to presort my email messages. > > Can you recommend a way to do it (procmail ? exmh capabilities for this > > task, > > if it got any ? other ?). Is the proposed way a popular one ? Is there a > > HOWTO, or similar staff, that explain how to do it ? > > Choose the Preferences/Incorporate Mail menu option and then change > to "presort" and SAVE. > > Then create a .maildelivery file in your home directory to tell it > how to sort. The program that actually does this is slocal, so do > a "man slocal" to find out more. Make sure you do a chmod of the > .maildelivery file so that only you can access it, otherwise it won't > work. Ie, do > > chmod go-rw .maildelivery
Using a .forward file like this "| /usr/lib/mh/slocal -user helge" will run slocal as soon as a message arrives, so it can be delivered directly to the appropriate exmh/nmh folders. No waiting in "mbox" at all. I wonder though, if it is possible to have slocal sort some of the folders by subject rather than chronologically? I have no problems sorting folders using exmh menus, but having this happen automatically would be even better. Helge Hafting
