Mike McCarty wrote: > Ed Greshko wrote: >> Mike McCarty wrote: >> >>> I'd like to configure Thunderbird (and/or /root/.forward) so >>> that e-mail to root shows up in my INBOX, and a filter automatically >>> puts it into a Thunderbird folder (root). So far, I have not been >>> successful in this. I have Thunderbird pulling using POP from my >>> ISP. Anyone have advice? >> >> >> Need some clarification..... >> >> You want to "root" on your system to be sent to your INBOX on your >> system? >> Is that part of the goal? If that is the case, then wouldn't the aliases >> file be of value to you? >> >> # Person who should get root's mail >> #root: marc >> >> ??? > > That's partway there. As you know, there are various services > which send e-mail to root on Linux machines. I never log in > as root, and only use root privilege (via su - or sudo) a few > times a month. As a result, I have a backlog of unread messages > which I feel guilty about not reading, but which I also don't > want to read with "mail". > > I can use /root/.forward to forward them to my normal user > on my machine, but then I'm still stuck. I don't use mail, > or anything like that, actually to read mail, not only because > the tools are so terrible, but because I don't run a mail server. > I use Thunderbird to pull from my ISP using POP. Then why not point the alias to your ISP POP account? > I'd like to be able to get my root mail in my inbox, and have > it stuck into a folder in my regular e-mail. If you do the above, then root's email will end up in your INBOX and you should be able to use the filters of Thunderbird to sort your email. Note: I don't use POP I use IMAP and I user my IMAP server's sorting abilities as well as Thunderbird's virtual folder feature. I would think that you could use the virtual folder feature of Thunderbird on your POP inbox...but I've not tested/tried that. > I'm sure there must be a way to do that, but I don't know what > it might be. > > Mike -- Q: Who cuts the grass on Walton's Mountain? A: Lawn Boy.
