Use POPFile at Linux

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CREATED: <2012-12-28 Fri>

UPDATED: <2017-03-12 Sun>

POPFile automatically sorts emails.

Install POPFile

Download and extract cross-platform version to ~/bin/popfile/.

Install third party packages

Run: 

cpan DBD::SQLite DBI Date::Format Date::Parse HTML::Tagset HTML::Template IO::Socket::SSL Net::IDN::Encode Mozilla::CA Encode:IMAPUTF7

When being asked by cpan, say you prefer installing local lib.

My cpan configuration ~/.cpan/CPAN/MyConfig.pm, 

$CPAN::Config = {
  'applypatch' => q[],
  'auto_commit' => q[0],
  'build_cache' => q[100],
  'build_dir' => q[/home/cb/.cpan/build],
  'build_dir_reuse' => q[0],
  'build_requires_install_policy' => q[yes],
  'bzip2' => q[/bin/bzip2],
  'cache_metadata' => q[1],
  'check_sigs' => q[0],
  'colorize_output' => q[0],
  'commandnumber_in_prompt' => q[1],
  'connect_to_internet_ok' => q[1],
  'cpan_home' => q[/home/cb/.cpan],
  'ftp_passive' => q[1],
  'ftp_proxy' => q[],
  'getcwd' => q[cwd],
  'gpg' => q[/usr/bin/gpg],
  'gzip' => q[/bin/gzip],
  'halt_on_failure' => q[0],
  'histfile' => q[/home/cb/.cpan/histfile],
  'histsize' => q[100],
  'http_proxy' => q[],
  'inactivity_timeout' => q[0],
  'index_expire' => q[90],
  'inhibit_startup_message' => q[0],
  'keep_source_where' => q[/home/cb/.cpan/sources],
  'load_module_verbosity' => q[none],
  'make' => q[/usr/bin/make],
  'make_arg' => q[],
  'make_install_make_command' => q[/usr/bin/make],
  'mbuild_arg' => q[--install-dirs site],
  'mbuild_install_arg' => q[./Build],
  'mbuild_install_build_command' => q[./Build],
  'mbuildpl_arg' => q[--installdirs site],
  'no_proxy' => q[],
  'pager' => q[/usr/bin/less],
  'patch' => q[/usr/bin/patch],
  'perl5lib_verbosity' => q[none],
  'prefer_external_tar' => q[1],
  'prefer_installer' => q[MB],
  'prefs_dir' => q[/home/cb/.cpan/prefs],
  'prerequisites_policy' => q[follow],
  'recommends_policy' => q[1],
  'scan_cache' => q[atstart],
  'shell' => q[/bin/bash],
  'show_unparsable_versions' => q[0],
  'show_upload_date' => q[0],
  'show_zero_versions' => q[0],
  'suggests_policy' => q[0],
  'tar' => q[/bin/tar],
  'tar_verbosity' => q[none],
  'term_is_latin' => q[1],
  'term_ornaments' => q[1],
  'test_report' => q[0],
  'trust_test_report_history' => q[0],
  'unzip' => q[/usr/bin/unzip],
  'urllist' => [q[http://mirror.optusnet.com.au/CPAN/]],
  'use_prompt_default' => q[0],
  'use_sqlite' => q[0],
  'version_timeout' => q[15],
  'wget' => q[/usr/bin/wget],
  'yaml_load_code' => q[0],
  'yaml_module' => q[YAML],
};
__END__

cpan will append setup into ~/.bashrc, 

PATH="$HOME/perl5/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}"; export PATH;
PERL5LIB="$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5${PERL5LIB:+:${PERL5LIB}}"; export PERL5LIB;
PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT="$HOME/perl5${PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT:+:${PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT}}"; export PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT;
PERL_MB_OPT="--install_base \"$HOME/perl5\""; export PERL_MB_OPT;
PERL_MM_OPT="INSTALL_BASE=$HOME/perl5"; export PERL_MM_OPT;

Double check installed packages: 

perl -MDBI -e 'print $MIME::DBI::VERSION'

If there is any error: 

perl -V
rm -rf ~/perl5/*
cpan DBD::SQLite DBI Date::Format Date::Parse HTML::Tagset HTML::Template IO::Socket::SSL Net::IDN::Encode MOZILLA::CA

Setup

I only use IMAP. The purpose of tweak POP3 port is only to make the program executable without root permission.

See http://getpopfile.org/docs/howtos:mayneedroot for details.

Run the below command to fix the root issue. 

sed -i 's/pop3_port \+110/pop3_port 1110/g' ~/bin/popfile/popfile.cfg

Davmail is a gateway to convert Outlook/Exchange service to IMAP/POP3). It's required if and only if you use Microsoft's Exchange/Outlook.

If you don't use Davmail and fetch mails directly, you'd better set imap_expunge 1 to fix Microsoft Office 365 issue.

Please disable ssl if running local Davmail Server only. Or else, ssl should be enabled.

My popfile setup, 

bayes_bad_sqlite_version 4.0.0
bayes_corpus corpus
bayes_database popfile.db
bayes_dbauth 
bayes_dbconnect dbi:SQLite:dbname=$dbname
bayes_dbuser 
bayes_hostname 192-168-1-3.tpgi.com.au
bayes_localhostname 
bayes_nihongo_parser kakasi
bayes_sqlite_journal_mode delete
bayes_sqlite_tweaks 4294967295
bayes_subject_mod_left [
bayes_subject_mod_pos 1
bayes_subject_mod_right ]
bayes_unclassified_weight 100
bayes_xpl_angle 0
config_pidcheck_interval 5
config_piddir ./
GLOBAL_debug 1
GLOBAL_last_update_check 1407715200
GLOBAL_message_cutoff 100000
GLOBAL_msgdir messages/
GLOBAL_ssl_verify_peer_certs 0
GLOBAL_timeout 60
GLOBAL_update_check 1
history_archive 0
history_archive_classes 0
history_archive_dir archive
history_history_days 2
html_cache_templates 0
html_column_characters 0
html_columns +inserted,+from,+to,-cc,+subject,-date,-size,+bucket
html_date_format 
html_language English
html_last_reset Sat Dec  1 11:06:48 2012
html_local 0
html_page_size 20
html_password b6b3637136ad630eba43aa5ee7106780
html_port 8888
html_search_filter_highlight 0
html_send_stats 1
html_session_dividers 1
html_show_bucket_help 1
html_show_training_help 0
html_skin simplyblue
html_strict_templates 0
html_test_language 0
html_wordtable_format 
imap_bucket_folder_mappings job-->job-->geek-->geek-->business-->business-->ad-->ad-->unclassified-->INBOX-->work-->work-->
imap_enabled 1
imap_expunge 1
imap_hostname localhost
imap_login binc1
imap_password password1
imap_port 1143
imap_training_mode 0
imap_uidnexts work-->749-->job-->5914-->INBOX-->20736-->geek-->5009-->ad-->1296-->business-->15-->
imap_uidvalidities job-->98-->work-->107-->ad-->100-->business-->106-->geek-->99-->INBOX-->2-->
imap_update_interval 1000
imap_use_ssl 0
imap_watched_folders INBOX-->INBOX-->
logger_format default
logger_level 0
logger_logdir ./
nntp_enabled 0
nntp_force_fork 1
nntp_headtoo 0
nntp_local 1
nntp_port 119
nntp_separator :
nntp_socks_port 1080
nntp_socks_server 
nntp_welcome_string NNTP POPFile (v1.1.3) server ready
pop3_enabled 0
pop3_force_fork 1
pop3_local 1
pop3_port 1110
pop3_secure_port 110
pop3_secure_server 
pop3_separator :
pop3_socks_port 1080
pop3_socks_server 
pop3_toptoo 0
pop3_welcome_string POP3 POPFile (v1.1.3) server ready
smtp_chain_port 25
smtp_chain_server 
smtp_enabled 0
smtp_force_fork 1
smtp_local 1
smtp_port 25
smtp_socks_port 1080
smtp_socks_server 
smtp_welcome_string SMTP POPFile (v1.1.3) welcome
xmlrpc_enabled 0
xmlrpc_local 1
xmlrpc_port 8081

The only remaining issue is user name. If it contains "\", you should replace it with "\\" when inputting in Popfile!

Run the program

See http://getpopfile.org/docs/howtos:runlocation for details. 

cd ~/bin/popfile;perl popfile.pl

Start the POPFile automatically when bash login

Insert below code in ~/.bashrc: 

OS_NAME=`uname -s`
if [ $OS_NAME == Linux ]; then
   # start popfile
   if [ -f $HOME/bin/popfile/popfile.pl ]; then
      # @see http://getpopfile.org/docs/howtos:runlocation
      pop_pid=`ps -ef | grep perl | grep popfile.pl | gawk '{print $2}'`
      if [ "${pop_pid}" = "" ] ; then
         cd $HOME/bin/popfile
         perl popfile.pl >> /dev/null 2>&1 &
      fi
      cd $HOME
   fi
fi

Start the POPFile systemd service as a user (OPTIONAL)

My user name is cb. Put popfile.service in usr/lib/systemd/system. Then run `systemctl enable popfile` to install service. Run `systemctl start popfile` to start the service. My Linux distribution is ArchLinux.

here is content of popfile.service. 

[Unit]
Description=POPFile (Automatic Email Classification) Service

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/cb/bin/popfile
ExecStart=/usr/bin/perl popfile.pl
User=cb

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Backup

Please backup popfile.cfg and popfile.db.

See http://getpopfile.org/docs/howtos:backup for details.

Summary

  • Portable
  • No root privilege needed
  • No X windows needed. I can manage mails in remote shell
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