sendlist: "|ls /etc | /usr/local/bin/procmail -f automailer -d"
This will send the output of the ls command when I mail it, but I
cannot
see any header information (i.e., the to, from and subject lines are
blank)
in my Windows based e-mail program (Pronto/IP). I can, however, view
the
to and from fields in mailx.
I think the problem is that you are piping the incoming mail into "ls
/etc" which is throwing away the mail, giving a directory listing to
procmail which has no idea what to do with it, since procmail expects a
mail message. If you want to just send back a mail with the contents of
/etc to the originator you'll need to put the "ls /etc" in the
procmailrc (that is, automailer).
Have I misunderstood what you want to do?
Ultimately, what I wish to do is to set up a number of aliases in my
sendmail aliases file that perform commands. Some examples:
1) If someone from the outside world sends a message to
info(_at_)appgeo(_dot_)com, I
would like to have sendmail/procmail automatically send the person who
mailed us a "canned" message.
2) If one of our employees in Mexico want to know what the weather is like
here in Boston, they would send an e-mail message to
weather(_at_)appgeo(_dot_)com and
sendmail/procmail would send the output of our weather command to them
without any human interaction.
3) I would like to set up various system administrative aliases that will
mail me the output of commands (without me having to start up my X-window
emulator).
I think my main problem is that I don't fully understand what
procmail does. If these commands are listed in a procmailrc file, then
where should the file reside? Is this file applicable to anyone
in the world e-mailing these commands (e.g. "weather(_at_)appgeo(_dot_)com")?
Also,
why is it that the output of the previously mentioned "ls" command get's
mailed, but TO:, FROM:, and SUBJ: fields are blank in all mail readers
except for "mailx"?
Tech info: I'm running a DEC Alpha 3000/400 under OSF/1 3.0 (Digital
Unix).
Thank you for responding and I greatly appreciate your patience with my
ignorance of "procmail".
Phil Johnson (V): 617-367-8626
Systems Administrator (F): 617-367-8581
Applied Geographics e-mail: pj(_at_)appgeo(_dot_)com
33 Broad St. Boston, MA 02109 http://www.appgeo.com/~agi1/agitop.htm