Re: mailing lists/rules

[Dennis Schoen <dennis@cobolt.net>]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:30:55AM -0600, Chris Kuethe wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 schmeits.roger@webmail.clarksoncollege.edu wrote:
> 
> > Can someone point me to a fairly easy way to handle multiple mailing
> > lists?  I looked at procmail and my brain hurts.  Is there something not
> > quite so extreme?  My needs are very simple.
> 
> procmail's not that bad. i just followed the howtos linked off procmail.org
> junkfilter is pretty cool - makes the hassle of procmail all worth it.
> (junkfilter.zer0.org) here's my recipies:
 
> ## openbsd-misc
 
> ## openbsd-tech
 
You really don't need such duplicated entries. Try this:

MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
:0:
* ^Sender: owner-.+@openbsd.org
* ^Sender: owner-\/[^@]+
$MAILDIR/OpenBSD-$MATCH/

with this rules you don't need to edit your procmailrc file when you
un/subscribe to openbsd lists.

Dennis
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