Okay, I *think* I've nailed down my problem... but to refresh you:
BACKGROUND: Compiled procmail package with no problems. Set-up the
.forward and .procmailrc files; these work fine for
filtering mail and putting in appropriate folders as in
the following recipe:
:1:
* ^Subject:.*VENDOR TRANSFER NOTICE
wb
However, the example of the line for the .forward file
would not work; I had to use:
"| procmail -pt /users/mf/mspec/voorhees/.procmailrc"
PROBLEM: Trying to see if forward will work properly, I put the
following recipe in my .procmailrc file to see if when I
sent mail with "test" in the subject it would write a
file "~/pub/tmp1":
:1
* ^Subject:.*test
| (/disc/bf/mfmspec/voorhees/bin700/formail -r;\
echo "I'm not here") > /disc/bf/mfmspec/voorhees/pub/tmp1
The file "~/pub/tmp1" is *never created*. If I use the
command line:
cat foomail.txt | (formail -r; echo "This worked")\
> /disc/bf/mfmspec/voorhees/pub/tmp1
*that* works. It seems the problem is in the recipes
pipe. Could this be due to my .forward file?
Joe
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Joe Voorhees
Hewlett-Packard
San Diego Printer Division (SPR)
16399 West Bernardo Drive
San Diego, California 92127-1899
Technical Information Services
Manufacturing Engineering Specialist/Systems Administrator
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