[vox-tech] how to separate e-mail spool file into individual messages?

Tony Cratz cratz at hematite.com
Tue Mar 2 18:33:17 PST 2010


Norm Matloff wrote:
> The title says it all.  I want a program x such that I can run something
> like
> 
> $ x /var/mail/mine
> 
> with the result that all the messages in /var/mail/mine get copied to
> individual files in the current directory.
> 
> My guess is that there is an easy answer.  Please let me know.

	If you don't have procmail install, install it.
	Then do a "man formail" for instruction on the -s option.



							Tony


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