Mailbox management

[Jason White]

Jayson Smith <speakup at linux-speakup.org> wrote:
>
>Does anyone know of any utilities for either Linux or Windows that let you 
>manage Linux mailbox files? Move messages from one mailbox to another, 
>combine two or more mailboxes, etc.

Mutt with the tagging commands and "apply to all" can do this interactively.
You can search on any field or combination of fields in the headers or the
body text, using regular expressions.

Alternatively, if you want to do this automatically, Maildrop would be worth
investigating.

I started using Procmail in 1994 or 1995, and I've never had to manage mail
manually since then. Maildrop is a more modern substitute for Procmail, but
there's more and better documentation on the Web for Procmail. Essentially,
Procmail handles the delivery of incoming messages by applying a script that
the user maintains, which enables it to classify messages and write them to
the appropriate folders. You can also run shell commands such as spam filters
on the messages prior to delivery.