OT - How to test procmail on existing mailbox

[Todd Zullinger]

Mike Burger wrote:
> Instead of running it in the method noted above, I usually run:
> 
> cp /path/to/mailbox ~ (copy my mailbox to my homedir)
> cat /dev/null> /path/to/mailbox (clear out the contents of my main inbox)
> formail -s procmail < ~/mailbox (process the copy)
> rm ~/mailbox (once satisfied with the results)
> 
> The reasoning behind this is that, if you use the originally posted
> method, anything that would normally wind up in your inbox, and not
> be filtered into other folders, would wind up being duplicated in
> your inbox.

Indeed, and this is more what's outlined in the promail man page.  I
didn't have time to go into the details and I figured that anyone
using procmail would be wise enough to check the man page (or at least
make some backups before feeding their precious mailboxes to it. :)

That may or may not be a valid assumption on my part, so thanks for
filling in the details for the benefit of the archives.

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