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

[Adam Kessel]

On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 14:03, Dylan Thurston wrote:
> 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.
> 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.

I guess the key tool I need is formail, that works at least for my mbox
folders.  I had to change all my rules to be chained:

:0 Hf
^Subject: Spam or whatever
| formail -i "Status: RO"

:0 A
spamfolder

The first rule adds the Status: RO header to the spam, the second rule
chains from the first rule and puts the message in the correct folder. 
I don't think there's any simple way to combine the actions.
-- 
Adam Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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