On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Jesper Pedersen wrote:
On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Ray DeGennaro (@Home via Eudora) wrote:
The message below, which I sent a few day ago, did not give any response
from any of you.
Most likely because it reeks on commercialism. Now, if you offered a free
copy to everyone that sends you there recipies, you might get a better
response.
I'm very sorry if I gave anyone that impression!
The Dotfile Generator is GPL (ie. Free), you are all more than welcome
to pick up a copy!)
I believe many many people, wish to sort there mail with procmail, but
don't want to use hours to figure out the syntax of the .procmail file.
I have two points to make:
1. It is not that simple. To see a sample annotated procmail rc file,
send me an email with the subject of "send procmailrc", or browse my
web page.
It is hard enough to program a filter to handle one's email, without
adding yet another layer on top. With something as important as
email handling, it is critical that the user understand exactly what
is being done to his/her email. If they use a "generator" to program
their filter, what do they do when things go awry (and they will)? At
this point, they have to understand both procmail and how your generator
creates the recipes -- in other words, they will have more complexity
to deal with.
2. Please stop bugging this list's membership with solicitations
(demands, actually) for input to your program. This list is about
using procmail, and not about improving the quality of your program,
which, really, has nothing to do with procmail.
Thanks.
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