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List:       procmail
Subject:    Re: Need help.
From:       Wotan <wotan () netcom ! com>
Date:       1996-04-27 18:28:37
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On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, Guy Geens wrote:

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> On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Antolini Mike wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to setup a autoresponder but I don't know the exact code 
> > that I need to write to complete.  
> [...]
> > I know 
> > how to write code in VB.  Thanks in advance for any help!
> > 
> > Marge
> > 
> I guess `VB' means `Visual Basic'? If it is, you are probably working on 
> a Windows computer. AFAIK, procmail only exists on UNIX systems. 
> Therefore, most of the things suggested on this list won't help you.
> 
> If you want to implement an autoresponder/mail processer on your system, 
> I think the best you can do is install Pegasus Mail. Pegasus has the 
> ability to process incoming mail. I haven't used Pegasus' filtering very 
> much (I started reading my mail on the university's UNIX system), but I 
> think you can call programs based on the contents of incoming mail.

You can do almost anything with Pegasus that you can do with Procmail.  
For a GUI mail app, it actually pretty decent - but not intuitive like 
Agent or Eudora are.

> There is a discussion list on Pegasus, you should check the docs that 
> come with it.
> 
> For more information, look at: http://www.cuslm.ca/pegasus/
> (Just checked: the site is being rewritten at the moment, no sign of when 
> it is coming back online.)

I got the copy of Pegasus I used to use from the simtel mirror at 
oak.oakland.edu

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