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Mail lost : weird procmail processing ?

1996-06-04 23:23:51

This week, my procmail started to behave in a very weird way.
I have not changed anything in my recipes. 

My important incoming mails are usually left in my UNIX mailbox
(/usr/mail/moubarak), but when a new mail is filtered and added to my
mailbox,
1) it is merged to previous mails 
2) or sometimes even replaces previous mails (which are then destroyed!)

Anyone has had such bad experiences ?

I have been using procmail-3.10 an SGI platform for more than 3 months 
now without any problems.

Details of the content of my mailbox when a mail disappeared are added 
at the end of this mail.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Hassan-
        Hassan Moubaraki
        moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
        ATR, Kyoto, Japan




I send to myself three different mails called "test1" "test2" and
"test3". Procmail filters them and puts them in my mailbox
(/usr/mail/moubarak). The contents of my mailbox after each mail show
that "test2" has disappeared from the mailbox after a received the mail
"joke"  and the mail "test3".

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MAILBOX BEFORE THE MAIL:
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From moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp  Wed Jun  5 05:42:04 1996
Return-Path: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from mozart.mic.atr.co.jp (mozart [133.186.20.201]) by 
miris16.mic.atr.co.jp (8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) with ESMTP id FAA26993 
for <moubarak(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>; Wed, 5 Jun 
1996 05:42:03 GMT
From: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from miris16.mic.atr.co.jp by mozart.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/23/96) id OAA10971; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:42:02 +0900 
(JST)
Received: (from moubarak(_at_)localhost) by miris16.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) id FAA26989 for moubarak; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 
05:42:00 GMT
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 05:42:00 GMT
Message-Id: 
<199606050542(_dot_)FAA26989(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>
To: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Subject: test1


This is test number : 1

From moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp  Wed Jun  5 05:44:28 1996
Return-Path: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from mozart.mic.atr.co.jp (mozart [133.186.20.201]) by 
miris16.mic.atr.co.jp (8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) with ESMTP id FAA27016 
for <moubarak(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>; Wed, 5 Jun 
1996 05:44:26 GMT
From: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from miris16.mic.atr.co.jp by mozart.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/23/96) id OAA10983; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:44:23 +0900 
(JST)
Received: (from moubarak(_at_)localhost) by miris16.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) id FAA27012 for moubarak; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 
05:44:21 GMT
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 05:44:21 GMT
Message-Id: 
<199606050544(_dot_)FAA27012(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>
To: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Subject: test2


This is test number : 2


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MAILBOX AFTER THE MAIL:
========================

I then received:
1) a mail from a colleague (I did not remove the "From:" field with
his address: procmail did it!)
2) a mail "test3" from myself

But then the second mail "test2" is lost as you can see in the
following content of my mailbox:


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From moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp  Wed Jun  5 05:42:04 1996
Return-Path: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from mozart.mic.atr.co.jp (mozart [133.186.20.201]) by 
miris16.mic.atr.co.jp (8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) with ESMTP id FAA26993 
for <moubarak(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>; Wed, 5 Jun 
1996 05:42:03 GMT
From: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from miris16.mic.atr.co.jp by mozart.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/23/96) id OAA10971; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:42:02 +0900 
(JST)
Received: (from moubarak(_at_)localhost) by miris16.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) id FAA26989 for moubarak; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 
05:42:00 GMT
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 05:42:00 GMT
Message-Id: 
<199606050542(_dot_)FAA26989(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>
To: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Subject: test1


This is test number : 1

From moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp  Wed Jun  5 05:44:28 1996
Return-Path: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from mozart.mic.atr.co.jp (mozart [133.186.20.201]) by 
miris16.mic.atr.co.jp (8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) with ESMTP id FAA27016 
for <moubarFrom moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp  Wed Jun  5 
05:42:04 1996
Return-Path: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from mozart.mic.atr.co.jp (mozart [133.186.20.201]) by 
miris16.mic.atr.co.jp (8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) with ESMTP id FAA26993 
for <moubarak(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>; Wed, 5 Jun 
1996 05:42:03 GMT
From: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from miris16.mic.atr.co.jp by mozart.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/23/96) id OAA10971; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:42:02 +0900 
(JST)
Received: (from moubarak(_at_)localhost) by miris16.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) id FAA26989 for moubarak; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 
05:42:00 GMT
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 05:42:00 GMT
Message-Id: 
<199606050542(_dot_)FAA26989(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>
To: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Subject: test1


This is test number : 1

From moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp  Wed Jun  5 05:44:28 1996
Return-Path: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from mozart.mic.atr.co.jp (mozart [133.186.20.201]) by 
miris16.mic.atr.co.jp (8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) with ESMTP id FAA27016 
for <moubarocalhost) by ms31.mic.atr.co.jp (8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/09/96) id 
OAA12355; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:49:43 +0900 (JST)
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:49:43 +0900 (JST)
Message-Id: 
<199606050549(_dot_)OAA12355(_at_)ms31(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>
To: moubarak(_at_)mozart(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Subject:  Joke (Dumb abd Dumber)

Once an Indian went to US, bought a Volkswagon Bug
to drive himself around the country. One day, the
car broke down in the middle of the country road.
So, he opens the hood and notes that the engine is
missing. He does not know wht to do next. Luckily,
a car (incidentally, a VW Bug) came up the road, and
 a Pakistani was driving it. The Pakistani was kind
enough to stop, once he saw that an Indian was in 
 distress. When the Indian explained the situation to
him, the Pakistani said, "Don't you worry, I have a
spare engine in my car's trunk!".

From moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp  Wed Jun  5 05:46:45 1996
Return-Path: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from mozart.mic.atr.co.jp (mozart [133.186.20.201]) by 
miris16.mic.atr.co.jp (8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) with ESMTP id FAA27055 
for <moubarak(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>; Wed, 5 Jun 
1996 05:46:44 GMT
From: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Received: from miris16.mic.atr.co.jp by mozart.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/23/96) id OAA11006; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 14:46:43 +0900 
(JST)
Received: (from moubarak(_at_)localhost) by miris16.mic.atr.co.jp 
(8.7.4+2.6Wbeta6/3.4W404/02/96) id FAA27051 for moubarak; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 
05:46:42 GMT
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 05:46:42 GMT
Message-Id: 
<199606050546(_dot_)FAA27051(_at_)miris16(_dot_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp>
To: moubarak(_at_)mic(_dot_)atr(_dot_)co(_dot_)jp
Subject: test3


This is test number : 3



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