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UsingMutt BY Widgeteye

larrywyb/at/widgeteye.homeip.net

This is how I use Mutt and procmail. Whether it is the accepted way I don't know but it 'works' for me.

in the .forward file I have;

"|/usr/bin/procmail f | exit 75 #myusername"

#2) "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail f | exit 75 #myusername"

For some reason the accepted line (#2) wouldn't work, I don't know if it's because I use exim as mta or what but the line above that did work.

I have an executable file that calls Mutt, in that file I have;

#!/bin/bashBR formail -s procmail < /var/spool/mail/myusernameBR rm /var/spool/mail/myusernameBR mutt -y

Check man mutt to figure out the -y option.

In the .muttrc you need the following lines;

set folder=$HOME/mail #Make sure this directory existsBR

mailboxes =almost-certainly-spamBR mailboxes =from #optionalBR mailboxes =mboxBR mailboxes =probably-spamBR

You'll notice these mailboxes match a couple of the mailboxes in the .procmailrc file. REMEMBER, every time you change a mailbox in the .procmail file you have to make the same change in the .muttrc file.

Here's what I have in the .procmailrc file;

PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:.BR MAILDIR=$HOME/mail # You'd better make sure it existsBR DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox #this is the default mailbox in the .muttrc file.BR LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/fromBR LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmailBR

# The lock file ensures that only 1 spamassassin invocation happensBR
# at 1 time, to keep the load down.BR
#BR
:0fw: spamassassin.lockBR

  • < 256000BR

/usr/bin/spamassassinBR

# Mails with a score of 15 or higher are almost certainly spam (with 0.05%BR
# false positives according to rules/STATISTICS.txt). Let's put them in aBR
# different mbox. (This one is optional.)BR
:0:BR

  • ^X-Spam-Level: \\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*
    *BR

# /dev/nullBR almost-certainly-spam #this is the mailbox in the .muttrc fileBR

# All mail tagged as spam (eg. with a score higher than the set threshold)BR
# is moved to "probably-spam".BR
:0:BR

  • ^X-Spam-Status: YesBR

probably-spam #this is the mailbox in the .muttrc fileBR

# Work around procmail bug: any output on stderr will cause the "F" in "From"BR
# to be dropped. This will re-add it.BR
:0BR

  • ^^rom[][BR]

{BR
LOG="*** Dropped F off From_ header! Fixing up. " BR

:0 fhwBR

sed -e '1s/^/F/'BR
}BR

If you have questions I don't mind answering if I can. Write me at the email address at the top of the page.

And yes I know this page is ugly. (smile)

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