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==Sorting mail with Maildrop or Procmail==
yum install smeserver-mailsorting --enablerepo=smecontribs
Allows a user to configure mail rules with the [[:Usermanager]]<br>
Procmail or maildrop is used to process your email on the server. It follows user defined rules. Common uses are to sort mail into folders or forward selected email on to other email addresses. The rules that you define are executed as email arrives in your mailbox on the server, and are independent of your email client. If you sort to folders you will need to use a IMAP mail client to read them.
===Rule List===
The panel shows a table of active rules and the order they are executed in.
Each rule has links to modify or remove them.
A yes* in 'copy to' copies the email to your inbox
===Create Rules===
A user defines a pattern for emails that if matched, an action occurs.
===Configuration===
====Enable mailsorting====
Use either procmail or maildrop
db configuration setprop qmail FilterType procmail
db configuration setprop qmail FilterType maildrop
db configuration delprop qmail FilterType [delete to disable]
If you want to bypass filtering for an individual user
db accounts setprop user MailFilter bypass
db accounts delprop user MailFilter [delete to disable]
after any command
signal-event mailsorting-conf
Any mail that passes through procmail or maildrop without matching a rule
is delivered according to the existing user setting.<br>
ie. deliver locally, forward or both.
====Deleting duplicates====
Procmail will automatically delete duplicate email.
Maildrop has to be enabled at the command line
Individually
db processmail setprop USERNAME deldups yes
signal-event mailsorting-conf
To enable for all users
db processmail setprop maildrop deldups yes
signal-event mailsorting-conf
===Create a global rule===
====db commands====
It's possible just to use db commands, here is a subset of options
db processmail setprop 50001 pmGlobalRule action delete basis subject criterion xyz
50001: is the rule precedence
action: is either - sort delete forward
basis: match against this - headers Subject To From
criterion: using the text entered here - 'xyz'
====fragments====
For more flexibility create a fragment in templates-user, expand template as above
===Testing===
Create a simple rule, eg Subject = xyz > forward to USER2
Send an email to USERNAME to match, check in USER2's inbox
View the logs
For Maildrop
tail -50 /home/e-smith/files/users/USERNAME/mailfilter.log or
For Procmail
tail -50 /home/e-smith/files/users/USERNAME/procmail.log
yum install smeserver-mailsorting --enablerepo=smecontribs
Allows a user to configure mail rules with the [[:Usermanager]]<br>
Procmail or maildrop is used to process your email on the server. It follows user defined rules. Common uses are to sort mail into folders or forward selected email on to other email addresses. The rules that you define are executed as email arrives in your mailbox on the server, and are independent of your email client. If you sort to folders you will need to use a IMAP mail client to read them.
===Rule List===
The panel shows a table of active rules and the order they are executed in.
Each rule has links to modify or remove them.
A yes* in 'copy to' copies the email to your inbox
===Create Rules===
A user defines a pattern for emails that if matched, an action occurs.
===Configuration===
====Enable mailsorting====
Use either procmail or maildrop
db configuration setprop qmail FilterType procmail
db configuration setprop qmail FilterType maildrop
db configuration delprop qmail FilterType [delete to disable]
If you want to bypass filtering for an individual user
db accounts setprop user MailFilter bypass
db accounts delprop user MailFilter [delete to disable]
after any command
signal-event mailsorting-conf
Any mail that passes through procmail or maildrop without matching a rule
is delivered according to the existing user setting.<br>
ie. deliver locally, forward or both.
====Deleting duplicates====
Procmail will automatically delete duplicate email.
Maildrop has to be enabled at the command line
Individually
db processmail setprop USERNAME deldups yes
signal-event mailsorting-conf
To enable for all users
db processmail setprop maildrop deldups yes
signal-event mailsorting-conf
===Create a global rule===
====db commands====
It's possible just to use db commands, here is a subset of options
db processmail setprop 50001 pmGlobalRule action delete basis subject criterion xyz
50001: is the rule precedence
action: is either - sort delete forward
basis: match against this - headers Subject To From
criterion: using the text entered here - 'xyz'
====fragments====
For more flexibility create a fragment in templates-user, expand template as above
===Testing===
Create a simple rule, eg Subject = xyz > forward to USER2
Send an email to USERNAME to match, check in USER2's inbox
View the logs
For Maildrop
tail -50 /home/e-smith/files/users/USERNAME/mailfilter.log or
For Procmail
tail -50 /home/e-smith/files/users/USERNAME/procmail.log
