mailagent 3.73-21 (ia64 binary) in ubuntu edgy
Mailagent allows you to process your mail automatically. This has
far more functionality than procmail, and is easier to configure
(providing, of course, that you grok perl). As a mail processing
tool, this slices, it dices, it ...
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Given a set of lex-like rules, you are able to file mails to specific
folders (plain Unix-style folders and also MMDF and MH ones), forward
messages to a third person, pipe a message to a command or even post
the message to a newsgroup.
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It is also possible to process messages containing some commands.
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You may also set up a vacation program, which will automatically
answer your mail while you are not there, but more flexibly than the
Unix command of the same name. You only need to supply a message to
be sent and the frequency at which this will occur. Some simple macro
substitutions allow you to re-use some parts of the mail header into
your vacation message, for a more personalized reply.
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You may also set up a generic mail server, without the hassle of the
lower-level concerns like error recovery, logging or command parsing.
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The mailagent is not usually invoked manually but is rather called
via the filter program, which is in turn invoked by sendmail. That
means you must have sendmail/smail on your system to use this. You
also must have perl to run the mailagent scripts.
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It is possible to extend the mailagent filtering commands by
implementing them in perl and then having them automagically loaded
when used.
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Please note that on Debian systems, mailagent can not lock /var/spool/mail
directory mailboxes, and thus one must put a catch all rule saving all mail
in ones home directory. This is because Debian MDA policy requires them to
be setgid mail, and making anything as extensible as mailagent setgid
anything negates any benefit of having group permission protection.
Details
- Package version:
- 3.73-21
- Status:
- Obsolete
- Component:
- universe
- Priority:
- Optional
Downloadable files
- mailagent_3.73-21_ia64.deb (486.9 KiB)
Package relationships
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