From: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 12:25:13 PST
To: jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)
Subject: Re: procmail: another question
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| On Tue, 10 Jan 1995, Adam Shostack wrote:
| > 	Procmail is a very versatile, relatively easy to use way of
| > processing mail.
| 
| "Relatively easy"  -- Relative to the usual venomous Unix 
| user hostile interface that is.   I use procmail, but my 
| local Unix guru does not, even though he has a clear need to do so.

	Its got a nasty learning curve; I held off for a long time
before making the leap.  What all mail filters need is better
integration with MUAs, so I can say "This message should have gone
into my cpunks-noise folder, fix the rules." Of course, doing that
really well is not trivial.

	Safe-tcl has a shorter learning curve, but I've spend enough
time that I don't want to switch without a payoff.

Adam

-- 
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
						       -Hume