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[svn] Made some parts of section 2 clearer.
author enz
date Sun, 14 May 2000 07:44:46 +0100
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9 1.4 Netscape 9 1.4 Netscape
10 1.5 pine 10 1.5 pine
11 1.6 slrn 11 1.6 slrn
12 1.8 Emacs Gnus 12 1.8 Emacs Gnus
13 13
14 2. Using Noffle as a local maillist - news gateway 14 2. Using Noffle as a Mail-News Gateway
15 15
16 2.1 Create a local group 16 2.1 Create a local group
17 2.2 Create a mail2news script 17 2.2 Create a mail2news script
18 2.3 Create an entry in .procmailrc 18 2.3 Create an entry in .procmailrc
19 19
224 Version 0.8.0beta5: 224 Version 0.8.0beta5:
225 225
226 Ok. 226 Ok.
227 227
228 228
229 2. Using Noffle as a gateway between a maillist and a local group 229 2. Using Noffle as a Mail-News Gateway
230 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 230 --------------------------------------
231 231
232 In combination with procmail, Noffle can be used to gateway all 232 In combination with procmail, Noffle can be used to gateway all
233 mails from a maillist to a local newsgroup. 233 mails from a maillist to a local newsgroup.
234 This is convenient for filtering out maillists from your personal emails. 234 This is convenient for filtering out maillists from your personal emails.
235 The local group is created with no posting allowed. 235 The local group is created without postings allowed,
236 Instead, replies to the list should be sent by email. 236 so mails to the maillist must be sent by email.
237 This is not a big problem, since most newsreaders allow choosing between
238 a reply and a followup.
237 239
238 2.1 Create a local group 240 2.1 Create a local group
239 ------------------------ 241 ------------------------
240 242
241 Example: 243 Example:
278 MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail 280 MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
279 LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log 281 LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log
280 282
281 :0 283 :0
282 * ^To.*my-maillist-name@lists.somewhere.org 284 * ^To.*my-maillist-name@lists.somewhere.org
283 |/home/user/bin/mail2news local.mail-lists.my-maillist-name 285 |/usr/local/bin/mail2news local.mail-lists.my-maillist-name