Re: [Evolution] shell command mail filter syntax

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 12:28, Monte Ohrt wrote:
> Two things:
>
> 1) incoming mail needs to go through a spam filter:
>
> /usr/bin/bogofilter
>
> (returns 0 or 1)

If
[Pipe Message to Shell Command][/usr/bin/bogofilter][returns][1]
Then
[Move to Folder][Spam]

Evolution will spawn a /usr/bin/bogofilter process and pipe the message
into bogofilter's stdin.

There is no need for a "< %s"

> 2) selected e-mail needs to go through a filter by right-clicking &
> "apply filters"

Not doable.

> /usr/bin/bogofilter -S
>
> (tells bogofilter to identify e-mail as spam)
>
> I accomplish #2 by marking the e-mail as "Important" which I actually
> use as a spam id in the filters. The appropriate shell command is then
> executed, but it doesn't look like bogofilter got it :( It does work
> manually from the command line, so I think bogofilter itself is fine.

The problem is that we do not pass command-line arguments (it is
non-trivial to parse command-line options).

Instead, write a wrapper script and have Evolution run that.

Jeff

> Monte
>
> On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 11:10, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > What exactly are you trying to do?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 10:52, Monte Ohrt wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What is the proper syntax for a shell command filter?
> > >
> > > I tried:
> > > /usr/bin/foo
> > >
> > > and guessed, maybe netscape style?
> > > /usr/bin/foo < %s
> > >
> > > Neither seem to get the message content to the shell command stdin. I
> > > couldn't find any instructions or examples in the manual either.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Monte
> > >
> > >
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Jeffrey Stedfast
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