[kdepim-users] Re: Kmail retriving from procmail

[Stan Goodman]

At 21:55:05 on Thursday Thursday 11 November 2010, Ingo Klöcker 
<kloecker at kde.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 11 November 2010, Stan Goodman wrote:
> > At 00:35:34 on Thursday Thursday 11 November 2010, Ingo Klöcker
> > 
> > <kloecker at kde.org> wrote:
> > > KMail does not cope well if another application like procmail
> > > messes around with KMail's folders. That's why our recommendation
> > > is to use a local IMAP server in combination with fetchmail and
> > > procmail.
> > > 
> > > A possible alternative is the usage of "Local mailbox" accounts to
> > > make  KMail fetch the messages from the files procmail writes the
> > > messages to. See http://kmail.kde.org/manual/faq.html#id2793464 for
> > > details.
> > 
> > Yes, I read that Tuesday, and quoted it a few minutes ago in this
> > thread, in answer to the suggestion that I configure procmail to
> > deposit its output messages in user files from which Kmail should
> > retrieve them. So that was the plan I had in mind when I wrote this
> > query. The question I am asking is related only to Kmail, namely how
> > to I configure Kmail to retrieve messages from those files (what you
> > are calling local mailboxes) instead of from the remote servers?
> 
> Well, as I said you need to create a few "Local mailbox" accounts, one
> for each file procmail writes the messages to.
> 
> To set up such an account go to Settings->Configure KMail->Accounts-
> 
> >Receiving and click Add. Select the Account Type "Local mailbox". Then
> 
> give the account a suitable name and point File location to the file
> procmail writes to. Leave the Locking Method as it is (i.e. Procmail
> lockfile). Optionally, enable interval mail checking and/or select
> another destination folder (which is used for messages for which none
> of your filters match).
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Ingo

Many thanks...

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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