Package: sortmail (1:2.4-5 and others)

simple mail sorter

Sortmail is a simple mail sorter you can use in your .forward to sort your mail into folders automatically, delete unwanted mail, etc.

Sortmail process incoming email, classify it, and process it accordingly. Sortmail can handle incoming email as it arrives, or download from a POP server. Sortmail is easier to configure than procmail, and can replace fetchmail. Sortmail uses config files which are similar to rn KILLfiles.

Full features list:

  - Process email delivered via SMPT, or downloaded via POP or IMAP.
  - Post-process an existing mail folder.
  - Select messages based on specific header lines, based on the entire
    header, or even the message body.
  - File messages to folders, send to inbox, forward to other email
    addresses, append to digest, pipe through shell command or just junk
    them.
  - Regular expression matching or IP address range matching.
  - Full boolean expressions of any complexity.
  - Basic mailing-list processing functionality.

Tags: Electronic Mail: Filters, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: use::organizing, works-with::mail

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