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From: wiseb@turing.cs.rpi.edu (G. Bowden Wise)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: MH Blues
Message-ID: <4R4%S-_@rpi.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 90 22:36:36 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Computer Science, Troy NY
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I have just recently started using slocal to do a few things like
incorporate incoming mail from certain sources automatically.  I have
no problem getting my mail incorporated into some folders be selecting
the mail by the From field in the .maildelivery file.  But, what I
would also like to be able to do one of the following additionail
actions: 

(1) Have mail that is not delivered to a folder remain in my system
    mail drop until, I 'inc' it into my inbox.  This is what I am
    trying to do currently.  But, what happens is suppose that I have 
    two new mail messages, when I do the 'inc' only the first message
    appears in the inbox; the other message has been appended to the 
    end of the first message!  What is making 'inc' not put each
    message in a separate file in the inbox??

    I thought that the problem was related to the fact that by
    default, mail that is not delivered gets incorporated into one
    mail file.  So, I tried overriding the default process, but this 
    did not solve the problem.  See my .maildelivery file below for
    my default set up.

(2) The other scenario I would like to be able to do is have all my
    incoming mail automatically incorporated into my 'inbox'.  I 
    believe I have the same problem as I mentioned in number 1, but 
    I cannot remember for sure.  But, one thing I dont like when I do 
    this is that I no longer get notificatin that I have recieved
    mail.  I have tried using 'rcvtty' but to no avail.  Also, is
    there a way to let the X Windows client xbiff know that mail has
    been received?

Below are my .forward and .maildelivery files, currently implementing
scenario number 1 described above:

"| /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal -user wiseb"


# .mail delivery file follows-------
#field   pattern  action  result  string

# Receive mail from rdist into folder +rdist
From     rdist    |       A       "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore +rdist"

# Receive mail from "at" jobs into folder +atjobs
Subject  "Output from"   |       A       "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore +atjobs"

# To incorporate all mail automatically into +inbox - disabled
#default  -        |       A       "/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore +inbox"

# do nothing with mail that doesnt match
default  -        |       R      ""

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Thanks in advance for any pointers on what I am doing wrong; and I
apologize for the length of this message!




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- Bowden Wise, RPI, Computer Science Department, Troy, NY  12180
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