I just updated my Procmail Quick Start and added a section called
"Optimizing Mailing-List Sorting Using the Extraction Operator
and $MATCH." Thank you to everyone who answered my questions
about this list week.
Here is the new outline of the article:
* Overview
* Terms Used in This Article
* Strategies
+ Modularize and Plug & Play
+ Stick to a Style
* Step by Step Through Setting Up and Testing Procmail
+ Is Procmail on Your System?
+ Set Up Procmail Files for Testing
+ Test Your Procmail Setup
+ Create Recipes to Sort Mailing List Messages
* Accessing Your Mailboxes
+ Mailbox Locking
+ Commands for Specific Clients
+ Using Multiple Clients to Access Your Mailboxes
* Tracking Your Incoming Messages
* Understanding and Refining Your Procmail Recipes
+ Anatomy of a Recipe
+ Dissecting a Recipe
+ Matching a Word
+ Alternatives to the ^TO_ Expression
+ Optimizing Mailing-List Sorting Using the Extraction
Operator and $MATCH
* Pulling the Plug on Procmail
* Troubleshooting
+ Look at Your Log File
+ Look for Typos
+ Check File and Directory Permissions
+ Turn on Full Logging
+ Try Alternate .forward Files
* Getting More Procmail Information
* Links to Pages that Link to this Page
* Questions to You the Reader
* Author Blurb for the Book
* Thanks
In David's message he said that you can match on $MATCH only in
more recent versions of procmail. Does anyone know the version
that this was introduced so I can add that info to my article?
Also, any input on what I've written -- e.g., its accuracy or
clarity -- are welcome! The doc is mirrored at these two URLs:
Primary: http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/
Backup: http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/robots/procmail/qs/
Thank you,
Nancy
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