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NAME
       maildropex - maildrop filtering language examples

SYNOPSIS
       $HOME/.mailfilter, $HOME/.mailfilters/*

DESCRIPTION
       If $HOME/.mailfilter exists, filtering instructions in this file will be carried out prior to
       delivering the message. The filtering instructions may instruct maildrop to discard the
       message, save the message in a different mailbox, or forward the message to another address.
       If $HOME/.mailfilter does not exist, or does not provide explicit delivery instructions,
       maildrop delivers the message to the user's system mailbox.

       The files in $HOME/.mailfilters are used when maildrop is invoked in embedded mode.

EXAMPLES
       Take all mail that's sent to the 'auto' mailing list, and save it in Mail/auto. The 'auto'
       mailing list software adds a "Delivered-To: auto AT domain.com" header to all messages:

           if (/^Delivered-To: *auto@domain\.com$/)
               to Mail/auto

       After the to command delivers the message, maildrop automatically stops filtering and
       terminates without executing the subsequent instructions in the filter file.

       Take all mail from <boss AT domain.com> about the current project status, save it in
       Mail/project, then forward a copy to John:

           if (/^From: *boss@domain\.com/ \
               && /^Subject:.*[:wbreak:]project status[:wbreak:]/)
           {
               cc "!john"
               to Mail/project
           }

       Note that it is necessary to use a backslash in order to continue the if statement on the
       next line.

       Keep copies of the last 50 messages that you received in the maildir directory 'backup'.
       NOTE: 'backup' must be a maildir directory, not a mailbox. You can create a maildir using the
       maildirmake command.

           cc backup
           `cd backup/new && rm -f dummy \`ls -t | sed -e 1,50d\``

       Put this at the beginning of your filter file, before any other filtering instructions. This
       is a good idea to have when you are learning maildrop. If you make a mistake and accidentally
       delete a message, you can recover it from the backup/new subdirectory.

       Save messages that are at least 100 lines long (approximately) into Mail/IN.Large::

                if ( $LINES > 100 )
                   to Mail/IN.Large

       Send messages from the auto mailing list to the program 'archive', using a lock file to make
       sure that only one instance of the archive program will be running at the same time:

                if (/^Delivered-To: *auto@domain\.com$/)
                   dotlock "auto.lock" {

                          to "|archive"
                   }

       Check if the Message-ID: header in the message is identical to the same header that was
       recently seen. Discard the message if it is, otherwise continue to filter the message:

           `reformail -D 8000 duplicate.cache`
           if ( $RETURNCODE == 0 )
               exit

       The reformail[1] command maintains a list of recently seen Message-IDs in the file
       duplicate.cache.

           Note
           Unlike a similar feature in the formail command, reformail[1] takes care of locking the
           file, so it's not necessary to implement your own locking mechanism for this option.

       Here's a more complicated example. This fragment is intended to go right after the message
       has been filtered according to your regular rules, and just before the message should be
       saved in your mailbox:

           cc $DEFAULT
           xfilter "reformail -r -t"
           /^To:.*/
           getaddr($MATCH) =~ /^.*/;

           MATCH=tolower($MATCH)
           flock "vacation.lock" {
                   `fgrep -iqx "$MATCH" vacation.lst 2>/dev/null || { \
                             echo "$MATCH" >>vacation.lst ; \
                             exit 1 ; \
                         } `
           }
           if ( $RETURNCODE == 0 )
              exit
           to "| ( cat - ; echo ''; cat vacation.msg) | $SENDMAIL"

       This code maintains a list of everyone who sent you mail in the file called vacation.lst.
       When a message is received from anyone that is not already on the list, the address is added
       to the list, and the contents of the file vacation.msg are mailed back to the sender. This is
       intended to reply notify people that you will not be answering mail for a short period of
       time.

       The first statement saves the original message in your regular mailbox. Then, xfilter[2] is
       used to generate an autoreply header to the sender. The To: header in the autoreply - which
       was the sender of the original message - is extracted, and the getaddr[3] function is used to
       strip the person's name, leaving the address only. The file vacation.lst is checked, using a
       lock file to guarantee atomic access and update (overkill, probably). Note that the
       backslashes are required.

       If the address is already in the file, maildrop exits, otherwise the contents of vacation.msg
       are appended to the autoreply header, and mailed out.

           Note
           An easier to make a vacation script is with mailbot(1)[4].

       Here's a version of the vacation script that uses a GDBM database file instead. The
       difference between this script and the previous script is that the previous script will send
       a vacation message to a given E-mail address only once. The following script will store the
       time that the vacation message was sent in the GDBM file. If it's been at least a week since
       the vacation message has been sent to the given address, another vacation message will be
       sent.

       Even though a GDBM database file is used, locking is still necessary because the GDBM library
       does not allow more than one process to open the same database file for writing:

           cc $DEFAULT
           xfilter "reformail -r -t"
           /^To:.*/
           getaddr($MATCH) =~ /^.*/;
           MATCH=tolower($MATCH)
           flock "vacation.lock" {
               current_time=time;
               if (gdbmopen("vacation.dat", "C") == 0)
               {
                  if ( (prev_time=gdbmfetch($MATCH)) ne "" && \
                        $prev_time >= $current_time - 60 * 60 * 24 * 7)
                  {
                      exit
                  }
                  gdbmstore($MATCH, $current_time)
                  gdbmclose
               }
           }
           to "| ( cat - ; echo ''; cat vacation.msg) | $SENDMAIL"

       This script requires that maildrop must be compiled with GDBM support enabled, which is done
       by default if GDBM libraries are present.

       After you return from vacation, you can use a simple Perl script to obtain a list of everyone
       who sent you mail (of course, that can also be determined by examining your mailbox).

SEE ALSO
       maildrop(1)[5], maildropfilter(7)[6], reformail(1)[1], mailbot(1)[4], egrep(1), grep(1),
       sendmail(8).

AUTHOR
       Sam Varshavchik
           Author

NOTES
        1. reformail
           http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/reformail.html

        2. xfilter
           http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/maildropfilter.html#xfilter

        3. getaddr
           http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/maildropfilter.html#getaddr

        4. mailbot(1)
           http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/mailbot.html

        5. maildrop(1)
           http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/maildrop.html

        6. maildropfilter(7)
           http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/maildropfilter.html



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