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From: tompalka@athena.mit.edu (thomas m. palka)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: Auto-refiler?
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Date: 10 Apr 91 20:15:55 GMT
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In-Reply-To: nautilus@nuge114.its.rpi.edu's message of 10 Apr 91 19:55:02 GMT

In article <3adgpgc@rpi.edu> nautilus@nuge114.its.rpi.edu (John M Twilley) writes:

   I have been using Mh for a while, and one of the greatest advantages
   to using mh is it's folders.  Now, what I would like is some routine
   that can sort my +inbox and put messages from certain people in
   certain folders.  A simple script would be wonderful.  Thanks!!

You can use the "pick" program to do that.  Here is a simple script that I
wrote a while ago:

   #!/bin/csh -f

   echo "refiling mail from myself ..."
   (refile `pick +inbox -from tompalka` +drafts) >&/dev/null

   echo "refiling mail from Luciana ..."
   (refile `pick +inbox -from duarte` +lu_mail) >&/dev/null

   echo "refiling mail from Tata ..."
   (refile `pick +inbox -from lncc` +tata) >&/dev/null

   echo "refiling personal mail ..."
   (refile `pick +inbox -to tompalka -or -to s20063` +personal ) >&/dev/null

   echo "and "
   echo "sorting the inbox folder ..."
   sortm +inbox 

   echo "done! "
   echo " "

I hope this helps,

tom
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