MLUG: Re: [MLUG] formail
Re: [MLUG] formail
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Mark Rages wrote:

>>> Technical content:  Move mbox mail to gmail like this:
>>> </var/mail/markrages formail -s /usr/sbin/sendmail EMAIL:PROTECTED
>>>
>>> Replace my name with your mailbox name and your gmail address. Please!
>>
>> I assume it prompts for a password!
> 
> Nope.  It's just emailing each mail to EMAIL:PROTECTED  Anyone can 
> send email there, no password required.

oh.  Well, good luck.  I hope no one tries that command on you at any time 
in the next few years!


>> Here's a question about your use of formail with gmail.  Does that 
>> retain the date stamp so that old mail sent that way will not be 
>> treated as new within the gmail archive?
>
> It is treated as new. Annoyingly, Gmail displays the Inbox by the time 
> the message was received by gmail.  When reading the thread, the message 
> itself has the proper timestamp.

Yep.  Same problem I had.

Thanks for the tips!

Mike
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