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Linux Desktop Hacks
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Linux Desktop Hacks

by Nicholas Petreley, Jono Bacon
March 2005
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
342 pages
15h 55m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Reclaim Your Email with procmail #58
Chapter 8, Desktop Programs
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HACK
You will also see a field where you can enter your PGP/GPG key ID. Type in
the email address associated with your key so that Evolution knows which
key to use.
Keysignings
You can do many more interesting things with GPG, such as determine if a
person you never met is really who she says she is. To learn more about key-
signings and other GPG-related events, browse to http://www.keysigning.org.
—Adrian Bradshaw
HACK
#58
Reclaim Your Email with procmail Hack #58
Manage your email automatically without depending on your email client.
Email is the Internet’s killer app. Everybody uses it, everybody loves it—
even those who feel like their lives are controlled by it. The volume of email
in our lives has increased exponentially the last few years, and I’m not refer-
ring just to spam. With email’s acceptance as a mainstream communica-
tions medium, it has become increasingly important for users to manage
their volume of email efficiently. Most GUI email programs provide numer-
ous features to help manage email, including searching, filters, and spam-
checking. But for some users these features aren’t enough. They have found
it best to augment their email client with the Swiss Army Knife of email pro-
cessing, procmail. This email tool allows you to define what you do with
your mail, where it goes (if it goes anywhere), and how it should ...
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