[Remops] procmail help needed

[Stefan Claas]

Stefan Claas wrote:

> Grant Taylor wrote:
> 
> > On 4/1/20 12:08 PM, Stefan Claas wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > 
> > Hi Stefan,
> > 
> > > I only use procmail for Iria to transfer incomming messages to 
> > > Maildir so that my Remailer can pick them up. I have no procmail 
> > > experience so far.
> > 
> > I've probably done more with procmail than is healthy.
> > 
> > > What I need now is an additional receipe for Iria that can strip 
> > > headers in the message body from multipart/mixed messages so that 
> > > outfiles from a YAMN client gets processed.
> > 
> > Can I see a copy of your existing ~/.procmailrc.
> 
> Hi Grant,
> 
> sure, this is the only .promailrc I have on 300baud.de which is in
> my YAMN $HOME:
> 
> PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir
> DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/
> 
> > I don't think procmail itself can alter the messages.  But procmail can 
> > easily call formail which can easily modify messages.
> > 
> > > I also need a second receipe for my exit Bob that strips signatures 
> > > from outgoing messages. Assuming that procmaill can be used by 
> > > postfix for outgoing messages.
> > 
> > Procmail is what's considered a Local Delivery Agent.  As in it receives 
> > the email from the MTA and acts on it.  LDAs usually aren't involved in 
> > sending outbound email.  I say usually because there are some nasty 
> > hacks that can change that.  Nasty as in outbound email loops back 
> > through the system, making it inbound to go through the LDA, which will 
> > then send the email out in a different way.
> > 
> > > Here are two example messages without the complete headers:
> > 
> > Sorry, I'm not tracking these examples at the moment.  Please clarify 
> > which one you want to do what with.  Please indicate what criteria you 
> > are wanting to test on, if you know.
> 
> I want for Iria that incomming mail from a YAMN client's *outfile* for the
> Remailer removes all MIME stuff in the message body, so that only the
> required '::' in  the first line and all content betweenn -----Begin Remailer
> Message----- and -----End Remailer Message----- can be processed by Iria.
> 
> For my Exit Bob I want that postfix or whatever can do the job strips off
> signatures and all following content, so that in case this works a Mailchuck
> user can send, via Bitmessage, an outfile from a YAMN client and once the
> message is received it is not obvious that the message originated from
> Mailchuck.
> 
> Regards
> Stefan

P.S. in case you or someone else is not familar with Bitmessage and has no
Bitcoin, I am willing to donate for a test period some Satoshi, so in case
you or someone else's time allows can test it. It would only require that
a Bitmessage client would be installed and that one has a Bitcoin Wallet,
like Electrum, so that I can transfer a small amount.

Regards
Stefan

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