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.forward file error ?

1996-04-02 11:55:30
Hi all,
I've been trying to set up procmail to forward selected mails to another
e-mail address while keeping one copy in my own INBOX. However, I've also
been informed by my SysAdmin that :

your .forward file is incorrectly setup and had been causing error 
messages for a long time now (see below).

bash$ mailq
               Mail Queue (11 requests)
--Q-ID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient------------
AAA19145      797 Fri Mar  8 00:26 
<owner-ped-em-l(_at_)BROWNVM(_dot_)BROWN(_dot_)EDU>
                (mailer prog died with signal 13)
                                  "|IFS=' '&&exec /usr/local/bin/procmail
-f-||
XAA16830     1047 Thu Mar  7 23:45 
<owner-ped-em-l(_at_)BROWNVM(_dot_)BROWN(_dot_)EDU>
                (mailer prog died with signal 13)
                                  "|IFS=' '&&exec /usr/local/bin/procmail
-f-||
....... etc.

Though it seems to me that procmail is doing a good job for me (see my
sample log below) before my SysAdmin warning message came.  Does anyone
knows what exactly is "mailer prog died with signal 13"?

Enclosed below is my .forward, .procmailrc, and my procmail log files
examples; please advise.

.forward

"|IFS=' '&&exec /usr/local/bin/procmail -f-||exit 75 #achan"

.procmailrc

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
LOGFILE=$HOME/procmail.log
VERBOSE=ON

:0 c
* ^From.*fu
! tlchan(_at_)hkstar(_dot_)com

:0 c
* ^From.*h9390022
! tlchan(_at_)hkstar(_dot_)com

procmail.log examples

procmail: [13652] Mon Mar  4 22:45:27 1996
procmail: Match on "^From.*fu"
procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/usr/sbin/sendmail tlchan(_at_)hkstar(_dot_)com"
procmail: No match on "^From.*h9390022"
procmail: Locking "/var/mail/achan.lock"
procmail: Executing "/usr/sbin/sendmail,tlchan(_at_)hkstar(_dot_)com"
procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/var/mail/achan"
procmail: Opening "/var/mail/achan"
procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock
procmail: [13652] Mon Mar  4 22:45:28 1996
procmail: Unlocking "/var/mail/achan.lock"
From wfu(_at_)lynx(_dot_)dac(_dot_)neu(_dot_)edu  Mon Mar  4 22:45:27 1996
 Subject: Re: your mail
  Folder: /var/mail/achan                                                  2568
procmail: Notified comsat: "achan(_at_)1644:/var/mail/achan"

procmail: [15568] Mon Mar  4 23:32:27 1996
procmail: No match on "^From.*fu"
procmail: No match on "^From.*h9390022"
procmail: Locking "/var/mail/achan.lock"
procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/var/mail/achan"
procmail: Opening "/var/mail/achan"
procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock
procmail: [15568] Mon Mar  4 23:32:28 1996
procmail: Unlocking "/var/mail/achan.lock"
From owner-hmatrix-l(_at_)www(_dot_)kumc(_dot_)edu  Mon Mar  4 23:32:27 1996
  Folder: /var/mail/achan                                                  1449
procmail: Notified comsat: "achan(_at_)4212:/var/mail/achan"

TIA
Regards,

Andrew Chan (³¯¤Ñ¼Ö)
Emergency Dept, Pamela Youde Hospital, Hong Kong
achan(_at_)iohk(_dot_)com (finger for my current location)

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