Re: [POLL]: Procmail or native gnus splitting ?

[Chris Halverson <cdh@halverson.org>]

Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org> writes:

> Sorry to bother but as long as nobody can show me the benefit at using
> procmail/fetmail stuff, I don't really see the point ;) The only thing
> I was told is that it is easier to switch my MUA when using
> procmail. But how somebody can change from Gnus to another one ? :)

I use maildrop on the server to split my mail.

The main benefit to using server based filtering is that you can use
other mail readers. Yeah, I love Gnus and have used it since September
Gnus, but sometimes I'm places where I don't have ssh access, but do
have web access, therefore I can still have all my filtering done
while not using Gnus and not loose any functionality.

I honestly have never used Gnus' filtering. I used procmail (w/ UW
IMAP) for years, but have switched to maildrop (w/ Courier IMAP) and
wouldn't trade it for anything.

cdh

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