[Omaha.pm] Re: [olug] Python based replacement for Procmail

[Jay Hannah <jay@jays.net>]

On Oct 11, 2004, at 1:47 PM, William E. Kempf wrote:
> So, I decided I wanted a new solution.  Procmail is nice, but it's just
> not for me.  I thought a filter in a full scripting language would be 
> much
> better, and since I like Python, I thought that would be the best 
> solution
> for me.

I've never used either of these, but they're probably worth a glance:

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http://search.cpan.org/~simon/Mail-Audit-2.1/Audit.pm
"procmail is nasty. It has a tortuous and complicated recipe format, 
and I don't like it. I wanted something flexible whereby I could filter 
my mail using Perl tests."

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http://search.cpan.org/~jv/Mail-Procmail-1.08/lib/Mail/Procmail.pm
"procmail is a great mail filter program, but it has weird recipe 
format. It's pattern matching capabilities are basic and often 
insufficient. I wanted something flexible whereby I could filter my 
mail using the power of Perl.

I've been considering to write a procmail replacement in Perl for a 
while, but it was Simon Cozen's Mail::Audit module, and his article in 
The Perl Journal #18, that set it off.

I first started using Simon's great module, and then decided to write 
my own since I liked certain things to be done differently. And I 
couldn't wait for his updates."

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FWIW,

j
lightweight procmail user

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