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procmail [2016/05/10 08:14] – created jansenprocmail [2018/09/25 10:57] – [See also:] jansen
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-====== Mail filtering using procmail ======+====== Mail filtering and forwarding using procmail ======
  
-Procmail is the tool run by the mail server to deliver mail to your mailbox, or to several mailboxes of your choosing. It can be used to filter mail using all kinds of criteria (sender, subject, spam score, basically anything that is in the headers of the mail).+Procmail is the tool run by the mail server to deliver mail to your mailbox, or to several mailboxes of your choosing. It can be used to **filter** mail using all kinds of criteria (sender, subject, spam score, basically anything that is in the headers of the mail).  
 +It can also be used to **forward** mail to another mail address (eg when you move to another institute, or if you'd rather read your mail of gmail).
  
 To get started, create a file called ''.procmailrc'' in your home directory, or install our [[procmailrc template]] using ''SfinxInstall .procmailrc''. The template comes with the most common settings, documented in comments. Also included are some other useful settings that you may want, which are commented out and can be enabled by removing the ''#'' at the beginning of these lines. To get started, create a file called ''.procmailrc'' in your home directory, or install our [[procmailrc template]] using ''SfinxInstall .procmailrc''. The template comes with the most common settings, documented in comments. Also included are some other useful settings that you may want, which are commented out and can be enabled by removing the ''#'' at the beginning of these lines.
  
 +The ''.procmailrc'' is a text file, so it can be edited in all the usual [[editors]]. 
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 +A simple mail forwarding rule (provided in a comment in the template file) will look like this:
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 +  :0
 +    ! your_address@example.com
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 +If you decide to **forward** your mail to another mail account, please make sure the lines are in place that filter out known spam. Spam forwarded to elsewhere sometimes cause our mailserver to be blacklisted as suspected source of spam, and in such cases, we will be forced to remove your forwarding rules.
  
  
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   * man pages for procmail, procmailrc and procmailex (examples)   * man pages for procmail, procmailrc and procmailex (examples)
-  * Our [[procmailrc template]] (note: version in the wiki may be outdated compared by the actuial version installed by ''SfinxInstall .procmailrc'' !)+  * Our [[procmailrc template]] (note: version in the wiki may be outdated compared by the actual version installed by ''SfinxInstall .procmailrc'' !)
procmail.txt · Last modified: 2023/07/28 13:24 by jansen

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