Killfile for Dr. Tom's email

[nathan@parka.winternet.com (Nathan Mates)]

"Dr." Tom has the annoying tendency of emailing and posting any public
responses to my comments both to me and to comp.sys.apple2.  I see it
_just_ fine on comp.sys.apple2, and since he does not forward 100% of
his posts, his email forwarding must be something done manually.  I
and others have warned him several times publically NOT to do so, but
he appears incapable of listening. As I threatened in the warnings, I
am posting how to kill off his email automatically.

   Solution: for fine unix systems, there is a cool command called
'procmail' which can handle sorting, forwarding, and other fun stuff
on your incoming email. With just a few lines, you can automatically
kill off any email from him so that you only read responses once:
where there should be.

   This requires tweaking some files in your home directory. First
off, create the directory "~/.procmail" to store logs, error messages
and the like. Next, remove the 'CUT HERE' lines and store them in the
files as specified:

--- CUT HERE. File= ~/.procmailrc
 #Set on when debugging
 VERBOSE=off
 #Replace `mail' with your mail directory (Pine uses mail, Elm uses Mail)
 MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail

 #Directory for storing procmail log and rc files
 PMDIR=$HOME/.procmail

 LOGFILE=$PMDIR/log

:0:
* ^From.*gbmaidsf
/dev/null

--- CUT HERE. END OF FILE

--- CUT HERE. File= ~/.forward
"|IFS=' ';exec /usr/local/bin/procmail #nathan"
--- CUT HERE. END OF FILE

   The first file does all of the config stuff. It sets up some
environment varbs, and gets to the 'recipe' (not my terminology) for
anything from gbmaidsf. It sends it to /dev/null, i.e. throwing it
away. The second file just calls procmail on all incoming messages.

   Dr. Tom- since you refused to read what I and others said about
your atrocious dual posting and emailing habits, this step has been
taken. If you ever wish to have this corrected, you will have to beg
for the change publically, given that you have shown yourself
incapable of reading what's been posted publically to you.

Nathan Mates


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