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Re: How can all incoming emails be retained and copies are forwarded to
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Bastien |
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Re: How can all incoming emails be retained and copies are forwarded to gmail ?... |
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Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:59:32 +0000 |
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Hi Don,
Don Saklad <dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu> writes:
> On a debian linux system how can all incoming emails be retained
> and copies of all emails are forwarded to gmail ?... particulars
> include
1. If you don't use fetchmail already, install it. In a shell:
~$ sudo apt-get install fetchmail
2. If you don't use procmail already, install it. In a shell:
~$ sudo apt-get install procmail
3. Setup fetchmail to fetch your emails and to filter them thru
procmail. Edit ~/.fetchmailrc like this:
poll mail.server.org with proto POP3
user 'your_address@gmail.com' there with password 'your_password' is
your_username here fetchall
mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d your_user_name"
Of course you have to replace mail.server.org, your_user_name and
your_password with relevant values.
4. Edit ~/.procmailrc with this minimal setup:
:0 c
! your_address@gmail.com
That's it. You have told fetchmail to fetch your emails, to filter them
through procmail and procmail will send a copy to your gmail account.
> How can the mail transfer agent be identified?... maybe exim?
You don't really need to know this.
> How would a nonprogrammer, dyslexic maybe, ADD maybe,
> set it up on a debian linux system?...
~$ man fetchmail
~$ man procmail
~$ man procmailex
... and good will.
> In emacs, difficulty filtering the spamassassin headers not being a
> programmer.
First solve the first problems, then this one.
> "Someday we'll have real computers and not have to know this stuff !"
Trying to put a computer in slavery is the best way to stay a computer's
slave. Learn computers, they will cooperate.
HTH,
--
Bastien