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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 11:31:34PM -0800, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
>> > A very large file in
>> > /var/mail was created instead. Any idea?
>>
>> That would be the default delivery.
>
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:58:32PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 11:31:34PM -0800, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
> > > A very large file in
> > > /var/mail was created instead. Any idea?
> >
> > That would be the default delivery.
> > Your procmail file should end with this
>
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 11:31:34PM -0800, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
> > A very large file in
> > /var/mail was created instead. Any idea?
>
> That would be the default delivery.
> Your procmail file should end with this
>
> :0
> /dev/null
>
> to prevent that.
Won't that lose mail if any recipe
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Yuwen Dai wrote:
>
> Now I move both Inbox and the expected result to my home dir. But command
>
> $ formail -s < Inbox |procmail /home/yuwen/rcfile
Should be
$ formail -s procmail /home/yuwen/rcfile < Inb
> The expected file /tmp/November didn't create.
Maybe Procmail won't deliver in /tmp because everybody
can read and write there.
Maybe ^Received: .*;.*Nov 2006
doesn't match anything in the mail.
Test that with egrep.
Now I change the rcfile as:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat rcfile
:0:
* ^Receive
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Yuwen Dai wrote:
>[I wrote]
>> $ formail -s < mboxfile | procmail recipefile
>>
>> recipefile looks like this:
>>
>> :0:
>> * ^Received: .* myserver.example.net ;.* Dec 2006
>> /home/me/December
> I created a similiar rc file like this:
>
>:0:
> * ^Received:
$ formail -s < mboxfile | procmail recipefile
recipefile looks like this:
:0:
* ^Received: .* myserver.example.net ;.* Dec 2006
/home/me/December
:0:
* ^Received: .* myserver.example.net ;.* Nov 2006
/home/me/November
Hello Cameron,
I created a similiar rc file like this:
:0:
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Yuwen Dai wrote:
>> I'd like to backup part of my Inbox, e.g., the emails of last year as my
>> Inbox becomes larger and larger. I also want to restore and read the
>> backup quick i
Yuwen Dai wrote:
> I'd like to backup part of my Inbox, e.g., the emails of last year as my
> Inbox becomes larger and larger. I also want to restore and read the
> backup quick in thunderbird if need. What's your suggestion?
How about creating a new folder, e.g., Inbox-2005. Then move all mails
Yuwen Dai wrote:
>>
>>
>> "apt-cache search archive mail|sort" brings up, among other things:
>> archivemail - archive and compress your old email
>> archmbox - a simple email archiver written in perl
>
>
>
> These utilities are OK. But I think the point is, it's difficult to
> restore and rea
"apt-cache search archive mail|sort" brings up, among other things:
archivemail - archive and compress your old email
archmbox - a simple email archiver written in perl
These utilities are OK. But I think the point is, it's difficult to restore
and read them back in thundbird.
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On 03/02/07 02:29, Yuwen Dai wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'd like to backup part of my Inbox, e.g., the emails of last year as my
> Inbox becomes larger and larger. I also want to restore and read the backup
> quick in thunderbird if need. What's your sug
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