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Server side rules for IMAP?
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:51 am
by Bill Cour
Can I set up server side rules for my IMAP account? Duplicating the rules on multiple clients is a bit of a pain.
Re: Server side rules for IMAP?
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:25 pm
by thulsa_doom
Absolutely. Procmail is your friend, though there's a bit of a learning curve (to the point where we don't train our support staff on it). The uses and nuances of procmail are well documented, as super-nerdy Linux stuff goes.
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~ian/procmail.html may be a good start-off point. Basically you write up a text file named ".procmailrc" containing the instructions (or "recipes") you want applied to your mail, and put it in your home directory on our server. Caution is advised.
Re: Server side rules for IMAP?
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:17 pm
by Bill Cour
Thanks.
In the meantime, I discovered how to pretty easily propagate rules between machines. I'll go with that for now. Glad to know I have an alternative if needed.
Bill Courington
Re: Server side rules for IMAP?
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:08 pm
by virtualmike
Bill Cour wrote:In the meantime, I discovered how to pretty easily propagate rules between machines.
Please share!