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| Started by | Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> |
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| First post | 2016-08-31 14:30 +0200 |
| Last post | 2016-09-01 19:00 +0200 |
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postfix mail filtering Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> - 2016-08-31 14:30 +0200
Re: postfix mail filtering "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> - 2016-08-31 14:40 +0200
Re: postfix mail filtering Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> - 2016-09-01 19:00 +0200
Re: postfix mail filtering Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-09-01 19:50 +0200
Re: postfix mail filtering Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-08-31 16:10 +0200
Re: postfix mail filtering Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> - 2016-09-01 19:00 +0200
| From | Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> |
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| Date | 2016-08-31 14:30 +0200 |
| Subject | postfix mail filtering |
| Message-ID | <sccOu-2m4-21@gated-at.bofh.it> |
Hi list, I'm running postfix under Wheezy on my VPS, using a more or less out-of-the-box configuration. My users access their mail via IMAP. I subscribe to a number of mail lists, such as this one. I currently use Thunderbird's filtering capability to sort mail into a number of subdirectories within my inbox, which works fine, but requires me to set up all my workstayions (laptop, home, work) with the same filters. I have now acquired an Android smartphone, which has no filtering capability. In any case, keeping a number of workstations in sync is a pain. So, I'd like to perform the filtering on the server (for my user initially, then perhaps for others). My extensive googling reveals that there are many tutorials for filtering spam, but that's not really my problem. I can't find any tutorials on how to set up filters based on, say subject:, from:, or to: fields, but feel certain such must exist. Can any kind person direct me to a suitable tutorial, please? Thanks, Tony -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:tony@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England |
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| From | "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> |
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| Date | 2016-08-31 14:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sccYa-2pg-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #171604 |
On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:21:13 +0100 Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote: > So, I'd like to perform the filtering on the server (for my user > initially, then perhaps for others). My extensive googling reveals > that there are many tutorials for filtering spam, but that's not > really my problem. What you're looking for is an implementation of the Sieve language/system for mail filtering. You don't say what IMAP server you are using, but Dovecot has an implementation of this called "Pigeonhole" that is very likely what you want. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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| From | Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> |
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| Date | 2016-09-01 19:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <scDvj-4op-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #171605 |
On 31/08/16 13:33, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:21:13 +0100 Tony van der Hoff > <tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote: >> So, I'd like to perform the filtering on the server (for my user >> initially, then perhaps for others). My extensive googling reveals >> that there are many tutorials for filtering spam, but that's not >> really my problem. > > What you're looking for is an implementation of the Sieve > language/system for mail filtering. You don't say what IMAP > server you are using, but Dovecot has an implementation of this called > "Pigeonhole" that is very likely what you want. > > Perry > Thanks, Perry, I'm actually using Courier, and Google tells me there is no Sieve plugin for it. I shudder at reconfiguring the system for Dovecot! Thanks for giving me another keyword (sieve) to search! -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:tony@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England |
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| From | Joe <joe@jretrading.com> |
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| Date | 2016-09-01 19:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <scEhH-4SW-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #171676 |
On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:51:10 +0100 Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote: > On 31/08/16 13:33, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:21:13 +0100 Tony van der Hoff > > <tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote: > >> So, I'd like to perform the filtering on the server (for my user > >> initially, then perhaps for others). My extensive googling reveals > >> that there are many tutorials for filtering spam, but that's not > >> really my problem. > > > > What you're looking for is an implementation of the Sieve > > language/system for mail filtering. You don't say what IMAP > > server you are using, but Dovecot has an implementation of this > > called "Pigeonhole" that is very likely what you want. > > > > Perry > > > Thanks, Perry, I'm actually using Courier, and Google tells me there > is no Sieve plugin for it. I shudder at reconfiguring the system for > Dovecot! > > Thanks for giving me another keyword (sieve) to search! > > I don't know anything about Postfix, but I'd have thought that the job of dropping sorted mail into different Maildir directories was one of its tasks. Certainly exim4 sorts the mail for me into mail directories used by Courier, on the basis of a .forward file, and exim4 also implements Sieve if I ever need real complication. -- Joe
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| From | Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> |
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| Date | 2016-08-31 16:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sceng-3nc-25@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #171604 |
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 01:21:13PM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm running postfix under Wheezy on my VPS, using a more or less > out-of-the-box configuration. My users access their mail via IMAP. > > I subscribe to a number of mail lists, such as this one. I currently use > Thunderbird's filtering capability to sort mail into a number of > subdirectories within my inbox, which works fine, but requires me to set up > all my workstayions (laptop, home, work) with the same filters. I have now > acquired an Android smartphone, which has no filtering capability. In any > case, keeping a number of workstations in sync is a pain. > > So, I'd like to perform the filtering on the server (for my user initially, > then perhaps for others). My extensive googling reveals that there are many > tutorials for filtering spam, but that's not really my problem. > > I can't find any tutorials on how to set up filters based on, say subject:, > from:, or to: fields, but feel certain such must exist. > Can any kind person direct me to a suitable tutorial, please? You can use: - sieve, a language for controlling filtering on IMAP servers. Supported by Thunderbird but not very much else. - procmail, a language for filtering on delivery (postfix will call it) -- widely known, but arcane syntax and requires shell access to edit or place the ~/.procmailrc - maildrop, aka mailfilter, a language for filtering on delivery (postfix will call it, too) -- less widely known, but has syntax that is much more readable than procmail. Requires shell access to place a ~/.mailfilter file. All of these have Debian packages. -dsr-
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| From | Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> |
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| Date | 2016-09-01 19:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <scDvj-4op-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #171614 |
On 31/08/16 15:02, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 01:21:13PM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I'm running postfix under Wheezy on my VPS, using a more or less >> out-of-the-box configuration. My users access their mail via IMAP. >> >> I subscribe to a number of mail lists, such as this one. I currently use >> Thunderbird's filtering capability to sort mail into a number of >> subdirectories within my inbox, which works fine, but requires me to set up >> all my workstayions (laptop, home, work) with the same filters. I have now >> acquired an Android smartphone, which has no filtering capability. In any >> case, keeping a number of workstations in sync is a pain. >> >> So, I'd like to perform the filtering on the server (for my user initially, >> then perhaps for others). My extensive googling reveals that there are many >> tutorials for filtering spam, but that's not really my problem. >> >> I can't find any tutorials on how to set up filters based on, say subject:, >> from:, or to: fields, but feel certain such must exist. >> Can any kind person direct me to a suitable tutorial, please? > > You can use: > > - sieve, a language for controlling filtering on IMAP servers. > Supported by Thunderbird but not very much else. > > - procmail, a language for filtering on delivery (postfix will > call it) -- widely known, but arcane syntax and requires shell > access to edit or place the ~/.procmailrc > > - maildrop, aka mailfilter, a language for filtering on delivery > (postfix will call it, too) -- less widely known, but has > syntax that is much more readable than procmail. Requires > shell access to place a ~/.mailfilter file. > > All of these have Debian packages. > Thanks for the heads-up, Dan. I'll take a look at maildrop. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:tony@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England |
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