Re: Looking for a simple `Filter_classifier` program

Scott Hepler <[email protected]> Sun, 6 Nov 2022 20:47:45 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.getmail.user
Message-ID <20221107014745.GJ12298@paddywhack>
Hi Francesco:

Maildrop [ https://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/ ] is good and relatively
easy to setup.

-s.

On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 08:46:07PM +0100, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> Hello list,
>     tl;dr: what Filter_classifier do you use, if any?
> 
> I filter/delete/highlight messages in my email client (mutt) using simple
> regexps like
> 
>     =f mergify[bot] !~b \^Merged
>         # getmail mergified messages
> 
> This is fine but as I add up more regexps, everything becomes slower and
> more unwieldy. So I read getmail manual and found `Filter_classifier`.
> 
> It seems to do what I want but each example I find on the Internet is about
> ham/spam, while I am looking for something slightly different (classifying
> some messages in different categories).
> 
> I am sure I am not the first getmail user to try this, so I am asking you:
> do you know/use any similar program (simple, deals with regexps, outputs a
> string)?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> —F
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