procmail to filter my mail

Procmail is a server side email filter. It is extremely flexible, but has an obscure configuration syntax which some find confusing. It is an advanced tool, and if you have no idea what any of the above means, you probably do not need to read further.

Procmail is currently the local delivery agent on Vex.Net, which means you do not have to use the .forward file to execute it, you merely need to have a .procmailrc file in your home directory.

The .procmailrc file should be owned by your login, and not be readable or writeable by anyone but you. The following command will set the proper permissions:

chmod 0600 ~/.procmailrc

For information on running procmail the standard three manuals exist on shell. The first is the general manual, the second covers the config file syntax in detail, the third contains a bunch of example recipes:

man procmail
man procmailrc
man procmailex

You may also want to explire the procmail.org (link above) web site for further information.