VMail3 - Frequently Asked Questions

How do I...

How do I stop the windows from "popping" around under the Motif Window manager?
The "popping" is caused by a feature called AutoRaise. When the mouse is brought into an entry, listbox or text widget in VMail3, the default action is to focus into that area. If the AutoRaise feature is on, it will cause the window containing the field to automatically raise to the foreground, potentially obscuring other windows that may have been overlapping it.

To turn off the AutoRaise feature, put the following in your .Xdefaults file :

	Mwm.keyboardFocusPolicy:	pointer
	Mwm.focusAutoRaise:		False
	Mwm*startupKeyFocus:		True
	Mwm.autoKeyFocus:		True

How do I select multiple names from my names menu?
The names menus, folder menus, and newsgroup menus now have a "tearoff" menu item at the start of the menu (looks like a row of dashes). If you select this menu item, the menu will post as a separate window and will not disappear when you select an item.

How do I filter messages automatically into different folders?
There are two ways to filter messages automatically. The first and easiest is to use procmail. If your mail server uses procmail as a delivery agent, then you can simply create a .procmailrc file to have your email automatically filed into separate vmail3 folders.

To have all email from fred@somewhere.com filed in a folder named fred, first create the folder fred with vmail3. Then put the following in your ~/.procmailrc file :

	# Please check if all the paths in PATH are reachable
	# and remove the ones that are not.
	PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/local/bin:.
	MAILDIR=$HOME/Messages
	LOGFILE=$HOME/.proclog
	LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmail

	:0
	* ^From.*fred@somewhere.com
	fred

Please see the man pages for procmailex (5) for other examples.

The second method involves setting up a filter in vmail3. Look in the Folder / News Management... menu for the Filter Messages item. This will allow you to build filters that you can save and run manually. By modifying your System Mailbox, you can also add a filter to be run when the New Mail button is pushed.