Re: [VRUG] Off topic - Mail filters?

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: "Matthew C. Sumner" <http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~sumner>
 > Date: Wed  Oct 14,  9:37pm
 >
 > My inbox is staggering, and I have hit the disk quota for my account,
 > thanks to my 2500+ from this list.  I think it might be time to find some
 > sort of filtering program.  Does anybody know of a good email filter on
 > UNIX systems?

I use procmail.  See 
http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert/bookmarks/technology/internet/mail/ for some
links.  You might also consider maildrop; see hyper-link on above web page.

Here's my recipe for voice-users

:0HB:
*^^(.+$)*(Subject:|$(.*$)*).*(a2x|xterm|x[-/ ]*win)
$DEFAULT
:EHB:
*^^(.+$)*(Subject:|$(.*$)*).*(unix\>|linux|solaris)
$DEFAULT


 > 
 > -Chip
 > 
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 >                                    Chip Sumner
 >                               http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~sumner
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