ImapFilter

ImapFilter is a Perl program for filtering an IMAP mailbox according to a set of rules. I use ImapFilter to filter my inbox into a set of IMAP folders. I also use it for mail folder maintenance, by running a different rules file over each folder periodically. The advantage this has over other filters (e.g. procmail, mailagent, and zfilter) is that it is totally independent of the mail delivery.

There are two mailing lists for ImapFilter, one for general discussion and help, and another for announcements. They are coming soon...

ImapFilter was originally written by Tom Shields, 4/4/1998

ImapFilter includes the following required packages:

• Net::IMAP by Kevin Johnson <kjj@pobox.com>
• Date::Parse by Graham Barr <Graham.Barr@pobox.com>

• Finish MAIL, REJECT functions
• Built-in to canonicalize an email address, e.g. From/Reply-To
• Add ABORT to bail out entirely and stop processing messages
• Parse message flags for filter use (could write 'summary' filter showing new, seen, total in folder)
• Add "copyandmarkread" semantic, for archive folders - 2nd param to COPY?
• Add BEGIN and END block semantics to filters for one-time init and shutdown - can simulate now, but ugly
• Use getopt for option processing
• Allow configuration parameters to be set via command line
• Improve fetch efficiency by getting more than one header at a time
• Figure out way to encrypt password in conf file
• Built-in handling of ranges and lists of message numbers efficiently
• Add equivalent of perl's "-e" flag for short filters - maybe use "-" to mean read script from stdin
• Clean up signal handling a bit - remove lock file
• Handle message on stdin - use "-" as folder - would need to be able to store message in IMAP folder
• Write 'imapfolder' for folder create/delete/empty/list all/summarize

Basswood Associates is a professional services firm that specializes in strategic and technical consulting in the areas of Internet advertising and electronic commerce.

Basswood Open Source Software