EMAIL OVERLOAD???

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Jim Helman (jimh++at++surreal)
Wed, 22 Jun 94 15:22:48 -0700

The amount of traffic on the info-performer list is getting
to be a bit much for a mailing list. Perhaps when the list
gets a little bigger, someone will want to sponsor the RFD
and CFV effort to start a newsgroup. Until then, a few tips.

Being able to automatically sort incomng mail into separate
folders makes life a lot easier when dealing with high volume
mailing lists. I'm only familiar with two Zmail and RAND MH,
but other mail systems probably have similar capabilities.

1) RAND MH users can sort incoming mail creating a
~/.forward file that reads something like:

    "| /usr/local/mh/lib/slocal -user jimh"

    And then a ~/.maildelivery file like:

    #field pattern action result string
    #
    To info-performer qpipe ? "/usr/local/mh/lib/rcvstore +inbox/infoperf"
    Cc info-performer qpipe ? "/usr/local/mh/lib/rcvstore +inbox/infoperf"

    This will cause mail to be placed straight into
    +inbox/infoperf and other mail to be left in
    /usr/mail/<username>. See mhhook(1) for details.

2) Zmail users can sort incoming mail by placing a line in ~/.zmailrc like:

   filter pinfo 'save "/usr/people/jimh/Mail/infoperf"' -t -i info-performer

   This will cause mail to be saved in ~/Mail/infoperf. It will still appear
   in your incoming mail, but messages such as these which have already been
   saved to a folder can be purged with the Update command. Zmail/MedaiMail
   Pro users can set up filters from the GUI without editting ~/.zmailrc.
         
rgds,

-jim helman

jimh++at++surreal.asd.sgi.com
415/390-1151

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