[Linux-disciples] procmail rule to mark message as 'read'

[Dylan Thurston]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 01:20:17PM -0400, Adam Kessel wrote:
> Can anyone think of a simple procmail rule to mark an incoming message
> as "read" (as opposed to "new")?  I'm currently experimenting with the
> evolution mail client, which can generate a virtual folder of all unread
> mail in all folders, but I don't want spam, viruses, and cron messages
> to marked as 'unread' for that filter.
> -- 
> Adam Kessel
> http://adam.rosi-kessel.org

Do you use mbox format?  That format uses a header field 'Status: RO' to
indicate old, read messages.  Presumably you could add it yourself.  I'm
not sure what to do for Maildir format; maybe procmail will do the right
thing if there's a status field in the header.

Peace,
	Dylan
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