What are those procmailrc files?

Hi

you wrote:
> What are those procmailrc files?

following up to the bug report on 14242. I'm not the original reporter but 
since such a feature (importing those files via kmailcvt) would be extremely 
useful to me too here it goes.

Procmail is *the* UNIX standard package for a local mail filter system after 
the MTA has delivered mail. You can also use procmail stand-alone as a filter 
for local mailboxes. 

procmail has lots of documentation available in its man pages and on the web; 
however I've attached a sample .procmailrc file afterwards which should 
make it obvious how simple filters are constructed with procmail. Procmail is 
infinitely more powerful than that though :-)

-Malte #8-)

---cut (my ~/.procmailrc or at least an excerpt)---
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail      #you'd better make sure it exists
DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/test_out   #completely optional 
                                             #(otherwise /var/mail/$USER 
                                              #is taken
#LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from   #recommended

#############################################
#lists that filter via Resent-Sender
#############################################

:0:
* ^Resent-Sender.*debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org
debian-dev

:0:
* ^Resent-Sender.*debian-user-german-request@lists.debian.org
debian-user-de

:0:
* ^Resent-Sender.*debian-openoffice-request@lists.debian.org
debian-oo

:0:
* ^Resent-Sender.*debian-kde-request@lists.debian.org
debian-kde

:0:
* ^Resent-Sender.*debian-x-request@lists.debian.org
debian-x

#############################################
#lists that filter via Delivered-To
#############################################

:0:
* ^Delivered-To.*lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org
lyx

:0:
* ^Delivered-To.*dev@tools.openoffice.org
oo-tools

:0:
* ^Delivered-To.*skipstone@muhri.net
skipstone


#############################################
#fake lists that filter via Reply-To
#############################################

:0:
* ^Reply-To.*dante-misc@inet.no
dante

#############################################
#fake lists that filter via To (DANGEROUS!)
#############################################

:0:
* ^To.*dante-misc@inet.no
dante

#############################################
#fake lists that filter via From
#############################################

:0:
* ^From.*info@baden-wuerttemberg.de
info-bawue

:0:
* ^From.*info@transgaming.com>
transgaming

:0:
* ^From.*webmaster@pc-gratis.de>
pc-gratis

:0:
* ^From.*pdesc@ddtp.debian.org
ddtp

#############################################
#lists that filter via Sender
#############################################

:0:
* ^Sender.*owner-pm@studis.de
pm

:0:
* ^Sender.*owner-abs-ak@studis.de
abs

:0:
* ^Sender.*owner-basin@faveve.uni-stuttgart.de
basin

:0:
* ^Sender.*owner-lak-bawue@faveve.uni-stuttgart.de
lak-bawue

:0:
* ^Sender.*owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com
abiword

:0:
* ^Sender.*video4linux-list-admin@redhat.com
v4l

:0:
* ^Sender.*ipaq-admin@handhelds.org
ipaq

:0:
* ^Sender.*support-admin@freenetproject.org
freenet-support

:0:
* ^Sender.*owner-xpert@XFree86.Org
xpert

:0:
* ^Sender.*xpert-admin@XFree86.Org
xpert

:0:
* ^Sender.*owner-plex86@fastxs.net
plex86

:0:
* ^Sender.*winex-cvs_logs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
winex-cvs

:0:
* ^Sender.*gabber-discuss-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
gabber-discuss

:0:
* ^Sender.*licq-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
licq

:0:
* ^Sender.*licq-main-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
licq-main

#############################################
#single persons that filter via From
#############################################

:0:
* ^From.*Jane Doe
friends

:0:
* ^From.*John Doe
enemies
-------end!--------

This belongs to KMail itself, since importing filters is out of KMailCvt's scope. 

Hmm. Pity it wasn't implemented but... Is it really relevant in 2008? Less and less people are coming into Linux/KDE from command line world. I think this wish could be close with WONTFIX.

The devs did have around 9 years to fix it and have not done it so I agree with #4

I added abstract filter import (thunderbird and evolution filter was implemented now). If I understand procmail filter I can add it.

I started to implement load procmail filter in 4.9