How to Install Maildrop on EndeavourOS Latest

Maildrop is a mail filtering program that can filter incoming emails to different mailboxes based on different criteria such as sender’s email address, size of the email etcetera. This tutorial will guide you on how to install maildrop on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

• EndeavourOS Latest should be installed and running.
• A user account with sudo access.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before installing Maildrop, it is necessary to install some required dependencies first. Open the terminal and type the following command to update the system packages:

sudo pacman -Syu

After updating the system packages, install the required packages by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S maildrop

Step 2: Configure Maildrop

After the installation, the next step is to configure Maildrop to start filtering the incoming email messages. To do that, follow the steps below:

1. Create a Maildir folder structure:

Maildrop requires a Maildir folder structure to work properly. To create the folder structure, run the following commands:

mkdir -p ~/.maildir/{new,cur,tmp}
touch ~/.maildir/{new,cur,tmp}/.keep

2. Create the .mailfilter file:

Create a .mailfilter file in the user's home directory:

touch ~/.mailfilter

3. Edit the .mailfilter file:

Edit the .mailfilter file using your preferred text editor. Add the following lines to the file to tell Maildrop where to deliver the filtered messages:

VERBOSE=1
MAILDIR=$HOME/.maildir
DEFAULT="$MAILDIR/new"

4. Configure the mail delivery agent:

To configure the mail delivery agent, open the /etc/maildroprc file using your preferred text editor:

sudo nano /etc/maildroprc

Add the following lines to the file:

if (/^X-Spam-Flag: YES/)
{
    xfilter "/usr/bin/spamc -u -E -f"
}

Step 3: Test Maildrop

To test if Maildrop is working correctly, start sending emails to your email address. You should receive filtered messages in your maildir directory structure.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and configure Maildrop on EndeavourOS Latest. Maildrop can be used to filter incoming emails to different mailboxes based on different criteria to organize them effectively.

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