| Jeff Abrahamson on 11 Apr 2008 00:01:42 -0700 |
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On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:16:57PM -0400, David A. Harding wrote: > [41 lines, 196 words, 1427 characters] Top characters: e_otianl > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:32:20PM +0100, Jeff Abrahamson wrote: > > I [want to use] my ipod touch to read mail when I'm not at home. > > [....] The hitch is that I can't imagine life without procmail > > between me and my email. > > > > I'm curious [about] folk who like the flexibility of having their > > own server but contemplate doing other things with their free time > > [...] > > Hi Jeff, > > I too have someone else host my email for me, and for the same reasons > you do. > > What I don't understand about your question is, Why can't you have > procmail and an Ipod touch? > > # spam filter rules > .... > > # list mail > .... > > # Forward the rest to my Ipod Touch, but keep a copy too > :0 c > ! jeff@itouch.example.com Aha, now that's a good idea. I'm ashamed to say I hadn't thought of just having a second account for my ipod. It would be easy enough, too, on my desktop to have a "kill all the mail on my ipod" script so that it didn't build up when I was reading via mutt. Hmm... > As for your other question: no matter how great Google Mail or > Thunderbird get, I will never give up procmail. For me, changing > rules is less of a time-consuming burden and more recreational joy. ;-) > :0, ;-) -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://jeff.purple.com/> phone: UK: +44 (0)784 699 1772 (From U.S.: 011-44-784-699-1772) France: +33 (0)6 21.83.26.20 (From U.S.: 011-33-6-2183-2620) GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B Attachment:
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