Setting up procmail

1. Create a file in your mail server home directory called .procmailrc. Your mail server home directory is different from your network file share home directory. You can access your mail server home directory at /mnt/mail.cs.brandeis.edu/$USERNAME on any public workstation.

2. Copy these lines into .procmailrc, replacing ‘mail’ with ‘Mail’ if you read your mail with elm.

   PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
   MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
   LOGFILE=/dev/null
   SHELL=/bin/sh
   

3. Create entries in .procmailrc of the form

   :0:
   \* ^headerfield .\* keyword
   foldername
   
   For instance, this entry transfers mail sent from Jon Smith to the
   list Beos-discuss, into mail folder Junk:
   
   :0:
   \* ^To: .\* Beos-discuss
   \* ^From .\* jonsmith@isp.net
   Junk
   

If you need additional help with configuring procmail, please contact us!