Era wrote:
Nancy McGough <nm(_at_)NoAdsPlease(_dot_)ii(_dot_)com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/mailing-lists/procmail/
>> I'm also compiling the best parts out of that .gz file,
> If you create an up-to-date ``best of procmail mailing
> list,'' I'll definitely put a link to it on my procmail web
Ditto here. Actually I've been thinking about setting up a "virtual
best-of" with links to the Rosat archive instead of local copies of
the articles. (The links page I have contains the beginnings of this
... with something like three links so far :-) This is something I'll
probably never finish but you might consider using this technique
yourself if your web space is limited.
The "tips page"
Actually I'm not "copying" the articles "as is", but selecting
the best advices that can be presented in the examples and
in the general instructions to others.
As I'm very new to procmail, and that's why I'm also a very good guinea
pig to select the articles: Many experienced promail user may skip the
"obvious" ones, which may be real valuable to the beginners.
I've read best.gz briefly, and I just downloaded another 30Meg: the
articles 1995-1997 up till present messages in thi list. I intent to
spend a nice weekend with them, lot's of tea beside me :-)
The "Code page"
I think I select bigger and complex code from the archives to a
separate document. Expect it to appear in hand to hand with the
Tips page. I haven't started that yet, so there is no filename yet.
Statistics
Just for the curious reader. Here is how the "tips" page .txt keeps
evolving, expect to see much more in near future :-) And all the
thanks go the people on the list whose articles I have enjoyed.
I wouldn't mind if someone corrected my worst English
sentence mistakes I must have put in the document....
[...]
Version and file size, this should give you some advice how fast
you should update your copy.
v1.01 1997-09-13 46K
v1.05 1997-09-14 53K
v1.5 1997-09-16 76K
v1.9 1997-09-18 94K
The file is now called "pm-tips.txt" and not "procm.txt" like
it was initially. I think that Procmail is really cool, and I'm
glad I run into it. Second best things after the rise of Emacs....
Cheers!
jari