[MLUG] Quick Procmail Setup

[Scott Greathouse <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

If the MLUG mailing list, or someone on it, is annoying you, just follow
the steps below. It will take you only 10 minutes and save your
sanity. The example given below eliminates mail from "mogmios", the
subject of a recent complaint on the list, and also eliminates those
stupid Outlook autoreplies, off-topic messages that have been labeled as
such and pleas from annoyed members to "stop posting" something annoying.
If only snail mail were this configurable. Enjoy.
1. Log into your home directory on MLUG.
2. Create a file in your home directory name .forward and put this in it:
"|exec /usr/bin/procmail" 
Include the quotes.
3. Create a file in your home directory called .procmailrc and put this in
it (make sure the MAILDIR location is correct!):
# Set to yes when debugging
VERBOSE=no
 
# Remove ## when debugging; set to no if you want minimal logging
## LOGABSTRACT=all
 
# Replace $HOME/Msgs with your message directory
# Mutt and elm use $HOME/Mail
# Pine uses $HOME/mail
# Netscape Messenger uses $HOME/nsmail
# Some news clients, such as slrn & nn, use $HOME/News
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail       # Make sure this directory exists!
 
# Directory for storing procmail-related files
PMDIR=$HOME/Procmail
 
# Put ## before LOGFILE if you want no logging (not recommended)
## LOGFILE=$PMDIR/log
##INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/delete.rc
## INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/lists.rc

:0
* ^From.*mogmios
/dev/null
 
:0
* ^Subject.*Out of Office AutoReply:
/dev/null

:0
* ^Subject.*Off-topic
/dev/null
 
:0
* ^Subject.*Off Topic
 
:0
* ^Subject.*stop posting
/dev/null
 
:0
* ^Subject.*Stop Posting
/dev/null

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