Procmail-3.22

Introduction to Procmail

The Procmail package contains an autonomous mail processor. This is useful for filtering and sorting incoming mail.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://www.procmail.org/procmail-3.22.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.procmail.net/pub/procmail/procmail-3.22.tar.gz
Download size: 338 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 1.5 MB
Estimated build time: 0.38 SBU

Installation of Procmail

Install Procmail by running the following commands:

make BASENAME=/usr install &&
make install-suid

Command explanations

BASENAME=/usr: The equivalent of ./configure --prefix=/usr on other package installations.

make install-suid: Modifies permissions of the installed files.

Configuring Procmail

Config files

/etc/procmailrc, ~/.procmailrc

Configuration Information

Recipes have to be written and placed in your ~/.procmailrc for execution. The procmailex man page is the starting place to learn how to write recipes.

Description

procmail

procmail is an autonomous mail processor. It performs all the functions of a MDA (Mail Delivery Agent).

formail

formail is a filter that can be used to format mail into mailbox format.

lockfile

lockfile is a utility that can lock a file for single use interactively or in a script.

mailstat

mailstat prints a summary report of mail that has been filtered by procmail since the last time mailstat was ran.