1998-12-24 02:27:15 -05:00
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maildrop is a replacement for your local mail delivery agent. maildrop
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reads a mail message from standard input, then delivers the message to
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your mailbox. maildrop knows how to deliver mail to mbox-style
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mailboxes, and maildirs. "maildir" is a mailbox format used by the Qmail
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MTA.
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maildrop can optionally read instructions from a file on how to filter
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incoming mail, and, based upon the instructions, deliver mail to
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alternate mailboxes, or forward it to somewhere else, like procmail.
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Unlike procmail, maildrop uses a structured filtering language that's a
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bit easier on the eyes.
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maildrop is written in C++, and is significantly larger than procmail,
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in compiled form. However, it uses resources much more efficiently.
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Unlike procmail, maildrop will not read a 10 megabyte mail message into
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memory. Large messages are saved in a temporary file, and are filtered
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from that file. Files are saved in the user's home directory. If the
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standard input to maildrop is a file, not a pipe, no temporary file will
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be necessary.
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maildrop can be used with sendmail, Qmail, and other MTAs.
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1999-05-03 01:50:38 -04:00
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WWW: http://www.flounder.net/~mrsam/maildrop/
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