From: Bob Booth - UIUC (booth@UIUC.EDU)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 21:50:25 EST
You can certainly start with procmail and/or the elm filter program. It
depends on when you want to start filtering (when mail is received by the
system or when it is sent to a user). Procmail for item 2 is best, since it
can be invoked by sendmail.
bob
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:28:18PM +1100, Bruce Whittaker wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I need a little guidance. I have been tasked with filtering mail in AIX
> with the following aims.
>
> 1. Delete specific system messages whose emailed text can be easily
> identified.
> 2. Intercept certain emails, interrogate the email with a C program and
> thensend an automatic email to users (probably to be done from the C
> program).
> 3. The costs should be minimal (read nil ;-)
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations or links to documentation so that I
> have a place to start? I'm a C programmer so coding my own stuff is not an
> issue if people feel that's the best way to go.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruce Whittaker,
> CASS Support,
> Extension 34193
> External (02) 9269 4193.
>
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