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This document is horrible, don't use it. The examples directory included with SpamAssassin includes procmail. Just use that. If your .procmailrc isn't processed, fix your mail server software instead of resorting to running formail, deleting your inbox, then running mutt once.

UsingMutt BY Widgeteye

larrywyb/at/widgeteye.homeip.net

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I have an executable file that calls Mutt, in that file I have;

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#!/bin/bash

BR formail -s procmail < /var/spool/mail/myusernameBR

rm /var/spool/mail/myusernameBR

mutt -y

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Check man mutt to figure out the -y option.

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set folder=$HOME/mail #Make sure this directory existsBR

mailboxes =almost-certainly-spamBR

mailboxes =from #optionalBR

mailboxes =mbox

BR mailboxes =probably-spamBR

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You'll notice these mailboxes match a couple of the mailboxes in the .procmailrc file. REMEMBER, every time you change a mailbox in the .procmail file you have to make the same change in the .muttrc file.

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PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:.BR

MAILDIR=$HOME/mail # You'd better make sure it exists

BR DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox #this is the default mailbox in the .muttrc file.BR

LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from

BR LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmailBR

# The lock file ensures that only 1 spamassassin invocation happensBR

# at 1 time, to keep the load down.BR

#BR

:0fw: spamassassin.lockBR

• < 256000BR

# Mails with a score of 15 or higher are almost certainly spam (with 0.05%BR

# false positives according to rules/STATISTICS.txt). Let's put them in aBR

# different mbox. (This one is optional.)BR

:0:BR

• ^X-Spam-Level: \\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*
  *BR

# /dev/null

BR almost-certainly-spam #this is the mailbox in the .muttrc fileBR

# All mail tagged as spam (eg. with a score higher than the set threshold)BR

# is moved to "probably-spam".BR

:0:BR

• ^X-Spam-Status: YesBR

probably-spam #this is the mailbox in the .muttrc fileBR

# Work around procmail bug: any output on stderr will cause the "F" in "From"BR

# to be dropped. This will re-add it.BR

:0BR

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{BR

LOG="*** Dropped F off From_ header! Fixing up. " BR

:0 fhwBR

}

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If you have questions I don't mind answering if I can. Write me at the email address at the top of the page.

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