harvey/sys/man/1/filter

.TH FILTER 1
.SH NAME
filter, list, deliver, token, vf \-  filtering mail
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
.B upas/filter
[
.B -bh
]
.I rcvr
.I mailbox
.I "regexp file
[
.I "regexp file
]*
.PP
.B upas/list add|check
.I patterns
.I addrfile ...
.PP
.B upas/deliver 
.I recipient
.I fromfile
.I mbox
.PP
.B upas/token
.I key
[
.I tokenfile
]
.PP
.B upas/vf
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
A user may filter all incoming mail by creating
a world readable/executable file
.BI /mail/box/ username /pipeto.
If the file is a shell script, it can use the
commands described here to implement a filter.
.PP
.I Filter
provides simple mail filtering.
The first two arguments are the recipient's address and mailbox, that is,
the same arguments provided to
.BR pipeto .
The remaining arguments are all pairs of a regular expression and a file name.
With no flags, the sender's address is matched against each
regular expression starting with the first.  If the expression
matches, then the message is delivered to the file whose name
follows the expression.  The file must be world writable and should
be append only.
A message that matches none of the expressions is delivered into
the user's standard mail box.
The flags are:
.TP
.B h
the regular expression is matched against the message header
rather than the address.
.TP
.B b
the regular expression is matched against both the header and the body
of the message.
.PP
For example, to delete any messages of precedence bulk, place in
your
.B pipeto
file:
.EX
/bin/upas/filter -h $1 $2 'Precedence: bulk' /dev/null
.EE
.PP
Three other commands exist which, combined by an
.IR rc (1)
script, allow you to build your own filter.
.PP
.I List
takes two verbs;
.B check
and
.BR add .
.B Check
directs
.I list
to check each address contained in the
.IR addressfile s
against a list of patterns in
.IR patternfile .
Patterns come in four forms:
.TP
.B ~\fIregular-expression\fP
If any address matches the regular expression,
.I list
returns successfully.
.TP
.BR =\fIstring\fP .
If any address exactly matches
.IR string ,
.I list
returns successfully.
.TP
.B !~\fIregular-expression\fP
If any address matches the regular expression
and no other address matches a non `!' rule,
.I list
returns error status "!match".
.TP
.B !=\fIstring\fP
If any address exactly matches
.I string
and no other address matches a non `!' rule,
.I list
returns error status "!match".
.PP
If no addresses match a pattern,
.I list
returns "no match".
.PP
The pattern file may also contain lines of the form
.EX
#include filename
.EE
This allows pattern files to include other pattern
files.
All pattern matches are case insensitive.
.I List
searches the pattern file (and its includes) in order.
The first matching pattern determines the action.
.PP
.I List
.B add
directs
.I list
to add a pattern to
.I patternfile
for each address in the
.IR addrssfile 's
that doesh't already match a pattern.
.PP
.IR Token ,
with only one argument, prints to standard output a unique token
created from the current date and
.IR key .
With two arguments, it checks
.I token
against tokens created over the last 10 days with
.IR key .
If a match is found, it returns successfully.
.PP
.I Deliver
delivers into mail box
.I mbox
the message read from standard input.
It obeys standard mail file locking and logging
conventions.
.PP
A sample 
.B pipeto
using the filter kit can be found in
.BR /sys/src/cmd/upas/filterkit/pipeto.sample .
.PP
A sample
.BR pipefrom ,
.BR /sys/src/cmd/upas/filterkit/pipefrom.sample ,
is provided which adds all addresses of your outgoing
mail to your pattern file.
You should copy it into a directory that normally gets
bound by your profile onto
.BR /bin .
.PP
.I Vf
takes a mail message as standard input, searches for executable
MIME attachments, wraps them in a warning message, and appends
.B .suspect
to any related filenames.
.B /sys/lib/mimetype
contains the list of known MIME content types and file extensions.
.I Vf
considers all those for which the fifth field of
.B mimetype
is
.BR n .
If the script
.B /mail/lib/validateattachment
exists and is executable, each attachment
is passed, as a mail message, to the script
for further examination.
.SH FILES
.TF /mail/box/*/dead.letter
.TP
.B /mail/box/*/pipeto
mail filter
.TP
.B /sys/lib/mimetype
mime content types
.TP
.B /mail/lib/validateattachment
attachment checker
.SH SOURCE
.TP
.B /sys/src/cmd/upas/send
.TP
.B /sys/src/cmd/upas/filterkit
.TP
.B /sys/src/cmd/upas/vf
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR aliasmail (8),
.IR faces (1),
.IR mail (1),
.IR marshal (1),
.IR mlmgr (1),
.IR nedmail (1),
.IR qer (8),
.IR rewrite (6),
.IR send (8),
.IR smtp (8),
.IR upasfs (4)