Re: using filter

[Shaya Potter <spotter@itd.nrl.navy.mil>]

I know about the problems with filter, and that is why I am using 
procmail on my linux box.  However, I don't wan't to be e-mailed directly 
to it, because it is not always here.  On the machine I get my 
mail, the only filtering tool they have is filter.  Therefore, I had hoped 
that since filter was a package in the distribution, some one out there 
might have experience with it.

Thanks,

Shaya
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Shaya Potter
spotter@itd.nrl.navy.mil


On 27 Aug 1996, Ed Donovan wrote:

> 
> Shaya - 
> 
> I hate to badmouth, (can that be used intransitively?) but, since the
> mail filtering faq's been mentioned, I'll quote it on the topic of
> filter:
> 
> "IMPORTANT NOTE
> ==============
> If your system has both procmail and filter installed then you should
> use procmail which is *much* more robust and powerful than filter.  This
> recommendation is almost universal; even the developers of Elm and
> Filter recommend procmail over filter.  IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE MAIL
> MESSAGES WHEN USING FILTER; this is rare but it has happened."
> 
> I'm not sure why they leave filter out there, then, but...
> 
> If you've already assessed this situation, then excuse me.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Ed Donovan			edonovan@world.std.com
> 
>