Re: [PLUG] procmail filtering this list

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@netaxs.com>]

On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 06:06:25AM -0400, Bill Jonas wrote:
> Wow.  That looks very cool!  :)  Does it automagically handle lock files
> and such?

Of course!  It also figures out whether the folder is in mbox or
Maildir format and does the right thing automatically.

> Of course, one could make the argument that since procmail is already
> the default delivery agent on a number of systems, that should be used
> since one doesn't have to mess with contortions in the .forward
> file... ;->

It's not too difficult.  Name the script something like
~/bin/audit_mail.pl, make it executable, then put the following in
your .forward file:

|~/bin/audit_mail.pl

If you're using qmail, put the following in your .qmail file:

preline ~/bin/audit_mail.pl

You're correct, though, in pointing out that procmail is ubiquitous.
Also, having converted my old .procmailrc file to a Mail::Audit
script, I'm not convinced it's a significantly better approach.

Simon Cozens, author of Mail::Audit, has written an excellent
introduction to the module, talking about why he wrote it and some of
the things you can do with it.  It's available online at
http://perlhacker.org/articles/mail-audit.html.  He's also working on
an article which will appear in a future issue of The Perl Journal.

Walt

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