I know this can be done: IMAP, Procmail, SquirrelMail

Sorry... I think it may be an email client issue. I am using kmail 1.3.2 as
my everyday email client. I created a test account and tried using the email
client in Mozilla 9.8. The mozilla email client seems to have better support
for IMAP and it does show mail that has been processed by Procmail as NEW.
The only caveat is that you have to click the folder so it can refresh but
the NEW mail IS shown.

Is anyone else using IMAP and if so what client are you using?

Anthony Hologounis

On Tuesday 12 February 2002 11:27 am, you wrote:
> Hello
>
> I just know this can be done.
>
> I have a RH7.2 box that is running postfix and I use Qpopper to pop the
> mail to the clients.
>
> I just installed SquirrelMail which is a web based email client but
> discovered it needed IMAP to work .
> I am new to IMAP and at first glance it seems to be more difficult then POP
> to set up , but I digress.
>
> I am using UW IMAP and I recompiled it to point to $HOME/Mail
> SquirrelMail is able to create folders in $HOME/Mail and all is good
> As a side note , with respect to IMAP the INBOX is /var/spool/mail/$USER
> INBOX.trash, INBOX.Sent etc exist in $HOME/Mail. I am assuming that this is
> as it should be....
>
> Heres the problem.
> I want to use Procmail to filter the mail for the user and I am able to get
> procmail to work BUT when I run SquirrelMail and check the mail the only
> mail that will show up as NEW is any mail not filtered by Procmail, ie: any
> mail that ends up in /var/spool/mail/$USER will be seen as NEW.
>
> If the mail IS filtered by Procmail it will be put into the respective file
> in $HOME/Mail/"somefile"
>
> SquirrelMail will see "somefile" but any mail inside that "folder" is not
> shown as NEW . So I have to open the "somefile" folder in SquirrelMail to
> see whats in it. There is no initial gratification of knowing how many new
> pieces of mail await me. Does that make sense?
>
> At first thought, is there a way for Procmail to flag the message as NEW
> after it has been processed?
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Anthony Hologounis
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