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Re: Procmail Filtering

#5646
From: Malcolm Hoar
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <jase-ya02408000R1201971930090001@nntp.best.com>, jase@enqueue.com wrote:
>
>I'm having a bit of trouble filtering with procmail in conjunction with my
>virtual domain name. I've got a line in my .procmailrc like this:
>
>   :0
>   * ^TOeddy@enqueue.com
>   ! eddy@best.com
>
>This works when the mail is specifically addresses to eddy@enqueue.com.
>However, if eddy joins some mailing lists, the To address is often the
>address of the mailing list. That the e-mail is intended for eddy is hidden
>within another header, like this:

You're receiving "blind copied" messages, yes?

AFAIK, you're screwed with bcc and procmail; tho' it would be wonderful
if someone knows different.

You might be able to filter the messages based on the From: and/or 
Subject: headers ......

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From: malch@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar)
Subject: Re: Procmail Filtering
Date: 1997/01/13
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