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[Greg Fall <gmfall engin umich edu>]

> I have not noticed any special tools for setting up mail filtering
> with procmail, and I was wondering if such an item written for GNOME
> would be of any interest or worthwhile.
>
> (a few positive responses)

Updating, I noticed that the dotfile generator has a module for setting up
procmail.  It's no picnic looking at the thing, but I suppose it could be
used as a sort of starting point.

Keeping the filters distinct from the mailer is the whole advantage, the
way I see it.  Sometimes I connect to my computer remotely and just use
pine, other times I flirt with different mail agents, but the filtering is
always a messy situation, and I'd like it if the same folders were
available, and the same filtering were occurring, regardless of the mail
program I was using to read the stuff.

I'm (not totally, but seriously) lacking in experience with GUI
programming, but I'd like to give this a shot.  Any suggestions for
organization, features, &c would be a big help.  I can look at the
filtering set-ups available in netscape mail, ishmail, and xfmail, but I
don't have any others.  Maybe somebody could send me a screenshot or two,
if you think they would be of any help.  Anybody who'd like to help me out
on the programming end is welcome.

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Gregory Fall (gmfall@engin.umich.edu)
University of Michigan  
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~gmfall