Pine and filters

[Amanda Lee]

Okay I'm going to attempt this from memory cuz uh i'm currently in
WindBlows/ME!


First:

press m to go to Main Menu;

next:

press r for rules;

next:

press f for filters;

next:

press a to add a filter;

next:

you'll see a page which you can scroll up and down via the arrows;

the first item is the nicname or name that you want to call this rule/filter
so you press <enter> and then ctrl-k to blankout the field.
Enter the name that you desire such as speakup.
press the <enter> key.

next:

arrow down or press w for where to find the from: to: reply to: or subject:
fields and use the same method as described above to enter the selection
criteria desired.
Press <enter>

Next:

use the w or where key to find the word "move"

This one should be the "Move to folder" option which is usually already
marked with an asterisk/Star/ "*".

just below this item is the field where you enter the desired folder that
you want which could be "speakup" without the quotes.

next:

press the w or where key to fine "move" and press <enter> to check this item
which says "move if not deleted" you may not care about this but I do.

next:

press e to exit and y to save changes and it may prompt to create the folder
that you designated.

press y to create the folder.

press e again and if there are messages which match the criteria you
selected for from: to: reply to: or Subject, etc., you will hear a message
which says

### messages moved to speakup folder or whatever folder you are working
with.

When new messages arrive you will hear a message which tells you that ###
messages are being moved to which folder is applicable.

Hope this helps.   As I said, there are quite a number of selection criteria
in the options available for setting up a filter.  I don't really fully
understand all of them nor do I generally use more than what I have already
described as a simple way to setup a rule/filter.

Amanda Lee
Alexandria, VA


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Murphy" <mweeby at nycap.rr.com>
To: "Speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Pine and filters


> Hi.
> Well I think I need more of a detailed explanation.  First, what do I need
> to enable in setup, and where in pine do I need to define a nick name.  I
> have no problem creating a folder, but I'm not up on all the advanced
> features, so I'm confused about what you aree telling me.
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Amanda Lee wrote:
>
> > Yup I do it all the time.
> >
> > Just do the following:
> >
> > First define a nicname;
> >
> > Next decide if it is a filter you want for: From: to: Reply to: or
Subject
> > and believe newer versions of pine allow you to say for Any instance or
> > something like that.
> >
> > Next, I use w/where to lcate the two instances of move and I make sure
it
> > has an asterisk by "move if not deleted" and Move to folder.
> >
> > You then tell it the folder name you want and that is the last entry in
> > the available  options.  There are a lot of other items that you can
> > choose depending on what you need to do.
> >
> > I have a separate speakup folder on shellworld by the filter nickname of
> >  speakup and the to: line looks for speakup and I move to the speakup
> > folder and move if not deleted.  Pretty simple.
> >
> > Amanda
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Dan Murphy wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to set up filters within the pine program
> > > to move incoming mail to other folders for later reading?  If not, is
> > > there a quick-and-dirty way to do it with procmail?  I tried reading
the
> > > manpages for procmail and became totally confused.  I've wondered
about
> > > this for a while, but now that I'm running both my mail accounts on my
> > > Linux box and expect to be doing so for some time, I need to start
> > > learning how to manipulate some of my mail traffic.
> > > thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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