[CLUE-Tech] Re: Moving existing MBOX client file into Postfix on

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Friedman, Jason wrote:

> > I think you'd use "formail -s < mbox | procmail" -- but I haven't
> > actually tested that. To be extra safe, be sure to make an extra copy
> > of the mailbox, just in case. So long as you have the procmail filters
> > set up correctly, it should zip all the mail into the desired folders
> > or into your inbox for any mails that do not match a particular rule.
>
> Be sure that your .procmailrc file does not direct mail back to mbox, or
> you'll end up with an infinite loop and diminishing disk space.

Ah, yes. I should have thought of that. Sorry. :) Actually, I thought
of it, I just failed to actually write what I was thinking.

Zonker
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