Re: [Nmh-workers] somewhat OT: re procmail or ??

rader(_at_)hep(_dot_)wisc(_dot_)edu wrote:
>  > >Am I dinosaur for still using procmail??
>  > >I mean, is there something better?
>  > >If not, does anyone have patches for logging e.g. date, from, to?
>  > >OMG, it just occurred to me: maybe it's INFERIOR to slocal these days!?!?
>  > >:)
>  > 
>  > No patch needed.
>  > 
>  > >From my .procmailrc (The first LOG call is to get an empty line
>  > between entries):
>  > 
>  > 
>  > LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/log
>  > LOG="
>  > "
>  > 
>  > [...]
>  > 
>  > #
>  > # Log date
>  > #
>  > DATE=`/bin/date`
>  > LOG="$DATE
>  > "
>
> I'm mostly interested in answering the question "which folder did
> the recent msg FROM so-and-so@somewhere go into?" So, really, I
> still think a patch is needed.

i run routinely with verbose procmail logging turned on, because
debugging after the fact is hard otherwise.  i just ran this command
on my verbose log:

  egrep '^From |^ Subject|^  Folder' ~/Mail/procmail_log._nobackup_ 

and here's a snippet of the output:

    From speeed150+bncCMihoqngBhDn49_8BBoEKVpHeg(_at_)googlegroups(_dot_)com  
Wed Apr 25 08:45:53 2012
     Subject: =?windows-1256?B?ztjDIN3k7SDezyDt3d7PIOPQ7drK7eQg3e0gx+E=?=
      Folder: cspam                                                           
10811
    From arlington-bounces(_at_)arlingtonlist(_dot_)org  Wed Apr 25 08:46:30 
2012
     Subject: Re: [arlington] Keep your eye on Concord today
      Folder: /dev/null                                                        
5586
    From sugar-devel-bounces(_at_)lists(_dot_)sugarlabs(_dot_)org  Wed Apr 25 
08:49:23 2012
     Subject: [Sugar-devel] [PATCH Help v2] Migrated to Gtk3 and WebKit.WebView
      Folder: lapsug                                                           
8390
    From arlington-bounces(_at_)arlingtonlist(_dot_)org  Wed Apr 25 08:49:54 
2012
     Subject: Re: [arlington] ISO Recommendation for someone to build front 
stairs
      Folder: /dev/null                                                        
5563
    From linux-pm-owner(_at_)vger(_dot_)kernel(_dot_)org  Wed Apr 25 08:55:28 
2012
     Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] IRQ: allow check_wakeup_irqs to notice 
level-triggere
      Folder: lappow                                                           
6773
    From 
mail-ctg0aeb62aadq3oqnug2xbhzp5fmacta(_at_)insiders(_dot_)miniusa(_dot_)com  
Wed Apr 25 08:57:18 2012
     Subject: MINI vs. The Competition in a test drive battle for the ages.
      Folder: mini

i'm going to add a "Filtered date:" line to the log, using christer's trick.

paul
=---------------------
 paul fox, pgf(_at_)foxharp(_dot_)boston(_dot_)ma(_dot_)us (arlington, ma, 
where it's 58.3 degrees)

_______________________________________________
Nmh-workers mailing list
Nmh-workers(_at_)nongnu(_dot_)org
https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers