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Configuring a Procmail Filter (for use with UNIX mail clients)

1. Create a file called ".fetchmailrc" in your home directory which has the line:
set filter = /usr/pubsw/bin/procmail -m $HOME/.procmailrc

2. Create a file called ".procmailrc" in your home directory. This file should contain the lines:
VERBOSE=off
MAIL=$HOME/Mail/incoming
MAILSPOOL=$HOME/Mail/incoming
MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
ORGMAIL=$HOME/Mail/incoming
DEFAULT=$HOME/Mail/incoming
PMDIR=$HOME/.procmail
LOGFILE=$PMDIR/log

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^Subject:.*SPAM:
spam

This will filter all of your email that has "SPAM:" in the subject line to a folder called "spam."

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