'''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;'''

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#!/bin/bash<<BR>>
formail -s procmail < /var/spool/mail/myusername<<BR>>
rm /var/spool/mail/myusername<<BR>>
mutt -y
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Check man mutt to figure out the -y option.

'''In the .muttrc you need the following lines;'''

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set folder=$HOME/mail    #Make sure this directory exists<<BR>>

mailboxes =almost-certainly-spam<<BR>>
mailboxes =from #'''optional'''<<BR>>
mailboxes =mbox<<BR>>
mailboxes =probably-spam<<BR>>
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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;

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


# The lock file ensures that only 1 spamassassin invocation happens<<BR>>
# at 1 time, to keep the load down.<<BR>>
#<<BR>>
:0fw: spamassassin.lock<<BR>>
* < 256000<<BR>>
| /usr/bin/spamassassin<<BR>>

# 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 a<<BR>>
# different mbox. (This one is optional.)<<BR>>
:0:<<BR>>
* ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*<<BR>>
# /dev/null<<BR>>
almost-certainly-spam #'''this is the mailbox in the .muttrc file'''<<BR>>


# 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: Yes<<BR>>
probably-spam #'''this is the mailbox in the .muttrc file'''<<BR>>

# Work around procmail bug: any output on stderr will cause the "F" in "From"<<BR>>
# to be dropped.  This will re-add it.<<BR>>
:0<<BR>>
* ^^rom[ ]<<BR>>
{<<BR>>
  LOG="*** Dropped F off From_ header! Fixing up. " <<BR>>
 
  :0 fhw<<BR>>
  | sed -e '1s/^/F/'<<BR>>
}<<BR>>

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