Re: [SM-USERS] server-side sorting

[Don R. <do...@dr...>]

Thanks.... that sounds like what I want to do...  using SquirrelMail to 
create the folders and build the sorting rules is perfect..... I'll 
check that out.

Don

Rosander wrote:

> That particular plugin will sort the mail when you log in. One of the 
> better ways to handle server side sorting is something like Sieve w/ 
> cyrus imap. Sieve actually handles sorting as the message is delivered 
> to you local delivery agent. SM has good plugins to support setting up 
> sieve filters through the sq mail interface so mail is sorted by the 
> server. Less impact loading.
>
>
>
> Don Russell wrote:
>
>> On one machine I have Lniux/Fedora Core 3 running apache 2.0 , 
>> squirrelmail 1.4.3a-6, sendmail and procmail.
>>
>> On various other PCs I have thunderbird e-mail clients connecting to 
>> that first machine via IMAP, or connecting to it via http(s) using 
>> squirrelmail
>>
>> I have a question regarding sorting the mail as it arrives so it's 
>> placed in different folders....
>>
>> Right now I do this with "rules" in Thunderbird, but that seems 
>> strange to me, because  I have to maintain duplicate sets of 
>> "rules".... and of course if the Thunderbird client is shut down, 
>> mail stops getting sorted.
>> Enter "procmail"...
>>
>> My question is... if I use a squirrelmail plugin to do "server-side 
>> sorting", does that create rules (recipes) in the procmailrc file? Or 
>> does the sorting take place when  I log into squirrelmail and then 
>> squirrelmail sorts it all.
>>
>> I think what I'm looking for is some sort of "intelligent editor" for 
>> manipulating procmailrc files.
>>
>> Does anybody know of a "procmailrc editor"? Everything I find on the 
>> subject begins with "Start your favorite text editor and open 
>> procmailrc..."
>>
>> What do other people do to get their incoming mail into different 
>> folders?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don Russell 
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