[MLUG] procmail trick for Gmail

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I mostly use Pine on a Solaris box (I know - RMS told me I should use 
Emacs for mail and I really should use Linux instead of Solaris, mostly 
because Linux is better than Solaris).  Anyway, the point is that I also 
like to use Gmail.  Everything that comes into the Solaris box goes 
straight to a Gmail account but it is also processed by procmail:

# cat ~/.forward
"|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/local/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #mbmiller"EMAIL:PROTECTED

Now Gmail allows me to send mail with "From:" stating that it came from my 
Solaris box, which is perfect for when I can get access readily to Gmail 
and have trouble connecting to the Solaris box (e.g., in internet cafés in 
Ecuador).  I also Bcc every outgoing Gmail to the Solaris box so that I 
have a record there.  So Gmail is both a secondary email system and a back 
up email system.

Here's the trick (not all that tricky, probably):  I want messages sent by 
me from Gmail to be put straight into my $DEFAULT procmail folder.  Only 
the ones sent from Gmail though and not ones coming back at me from email 
lists but sent from the Solaris box.  The following seems to work (but 
replace "obfuscated" with the email address from which I sent this 
message).

:0:
* ^From: "Mike Miller" <obfuscated>
* ^Received: from .*.google.com
${DEFAULT}

The "Received" line with "google.com" in it is always in the Gmail header. 
The "From:" line is always exactly the same, quotes and all, when it comes 
from Gmail.

Gmail has gotten much faster in recent months and it doesn't tend to 
produce annoying errors like it used to.  I also find that I can search my 
Gmail using Google Desktop, which is a major convenience.  All this adds 
up and Gmail is starting to really impress me.  The fact that they can use 
my emails to target their advertising may be a good thing because it means 
that I might even find the ads interesting.

Mike

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