Re: [Nmh-workers] SMTP/IMAP/POP Support

[chad]

On Dec 5, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Earl Hood wrote:

> I do something like the following:
> 
> fetchmail -m '/usr/bin/procmail -d %T'
> 
> This bypasses the local SMTP server and delivers directly to my mail
> spool file, which I can then just use 'inc' to incorporate.
> 
> In sum, since many MTAs use procmail for local delivery, just call
> it yourself via fetchmail, and use whatever options you want.
> 
> --ewh

I used to do this, and have procmail do crude spam filtering.  
I eventually took it out of the loop because mail spool was not a 
reliable concept in my (relatively highly distributed) world.  I'm 
curious if it gives any benefits today; I would expect machines
without working mail spools to be even more common, but I 
haven't looked in forever.

*Chad