Re: [Evolution] Check for duplicate messages

[simran <simran list leonardchristian com>]

Or what you could do is wait for version 1.2 as i believe (from previous
posts/answers from ximian people) that in 1.2 you can setup filters that
can run external commands. 

Then you can: set a filter (on top of the list) that runs an external 
command (simple perl script maybe?) that checks the message, lots its
message id and sender and possibly a checksum... and if a match already
existed in a dbm file (or the likes used by your perl script), then you
could exit with a particular exit code and get the filter to delete the
message or file it in a different place. 

I can't wait till the feature comes out as i will be writing a perl
script to check the message against RBL's for spam and stuch. Fechmail
is a good solution unless you pop like 10 accounts and don't want them
all mixed up (like me :-) 

simran.





On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 07:36, Mertens Bram wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 23:03, Antonio Bemfica wrote:
> [snip] Procmail in this case expects messages to
> > arrive at /var/mail/user - you may need to run fetchmail to get them off
> > a POP or IMAP server. In my recipe procmail delivers the messages it
> > picks up to ~/incoming-mail and Evolution gets them from there.
>
> Right now I use Evo(1.0.8 btw) to get my messages from my pop-account,
> to get this working I would have to:
> a) configure fetchmail
> b) configure procmail
> c) install and configure dbtool (where can I get this it doesn't seem to
> be included with RH7.3
> d) edit my account settings from POP to "local delivery" and select the
> folder procmail stores the edited messages
>
> Right?
>
> Are there any problems with the different versions of fetchmail,
> procmail, evolution?
> Ihave the following installed:
> procmail-3.22-5
> fetchmailconf-5.9.0-5
> fetchmail-5.9.0-5
>
> Please
> > note the locking mechanisms invoked. They are compatible with Evolution.
>
> This is good, I presume? I'm sorry but I'm not familiar with this...
>
> > To filter duplicates based on a hash of the body of the message you will
> > need dbtool. You will also need to change one condition in the recipe.
> > Let me know if you need help (perhaps off the list?).
>
> I prefered to answer throught the list because I noticed something else:
> when messages are sent ot the list and CC'd to me the CC'd message does
> not have the mailing-list signature: wouldn't this cause  the md5sum,
> the hash and the message-ID methods to fail? Theoretically these
> messages are not unique...
>
> Some more questions about the script you send:
> all the files used in the spam-blocking code: are they installed with
> procmail or do they have to be updated manually?
>
> I read about spamassasin and others, does procmail fit into that
> category? If so, I read that some people use several of these tools in
> succession can this be done with procmail as well?
>
> Thanks
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