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Skribent: Arnt Karlsen
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Emne: Re: [DNG] Formail for managing digests, Epoch
On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:42:41 +0100, Stephane wrote in message
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> Arnt Karlsen:
>
> > ..you can't (AFAIK), you do it outside your MUA, with e.g.:
> > 'cat $DIGEST |formail +1 -ds procmail '
>
> HI, yes, it was clear that it couldn't be done graphically in
> Thunderbird. The first thing I don't understand is what I must have
> behind $DIGEST? The digest saved as an .eml file?


..nope, dunno those .eml files, only tried this with digests, and you
wanna do one at the time even in scripts to avoid messing up your email
archive with malformed messages lurking in your digests.

>
> Andrew McGlashan
>
> > On 26/11/19 3:22 pm, Rick Moen wrote:
> >> ........ and just let the two or three users of that mode curse me
> >> as long as they feel is therapeutic.
> >
> > Love it! Great way to deal with it.
>
> This is a very m$ way to do :-(


..and still quite often the appropriate way to deal with it. ;o)

> > And for the formail, guess that's best for on the server
> > like .forward files are.
>
> I don't manage the server


..you manage your own box? Install procmail there,
formail is part of it. Then read:
https://userpages.umbc.edu/~ian/procmail.html
and play around with recipe ideas in the tutorial section.

> > Claws Mail's "actions" let you pipe messages to the shell
>
> For now something like 15 years I know that I should switch to Claws,
> witch seems to be more suited for free software and simplicity in
> geeks like we are, but changing such a central tool is hard :-/


..aye. Enjoy the pain. Not too bad though, chk:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/258811/linux_favorite_email_client_claws_mail_works_well_on_windows_once_emails_imported.html
and: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claws_Mail
and: https://www.claws-mail.org/


> viverna:
> > Yes I thank you because I did not know Epoch until I read this:
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/init/manjaro_experiments.htm
>
> And the author of this page is... guess who ;-)


..;o)

--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.