Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:09:06 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting Perl scripts to work as mail filters Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212192104330.61561-100000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <OE70Cu2Wg0V261ZAbhR0000606f@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Mxsmanic wrote: > *** There's nothing wrong with reinventing procmail like this, but I'm > curious why you consider it "bloated"--it's under 64K on my system. *** > > Bloated in the sense of complexity. My script is one file; I install it by > changing one line in /etc/mail/aliases. Procmail cannot compete with that. Um... install the port, create a .forward file, and set up .procmailrc? There are more complex ways to use it, but I haven't tried them. I looked at some "packaged" versions of procmail setups, and found them too complex to mess with--scoring and weighting and stuff. My setup just filters things, and does a pretty good job of it. The nice thing about procmail is that it has all the hard stuff already handled--dealing with headers or the body of the message, locking, and so on. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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