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Re: Checking: Environment from .forward

1996-07-18 17:38:54
"BuGless" == Stephen R van den Berg <srb(_at_)cuci(_dot_)nl> writes:

    >> Cannot exec binary file.  sh: /home/wpcallah/bin/procmail:
    >> cannot execute

    >> I wonder why it says: Cannot exec binary file.  Or why it seems
    >> to be attempting to run it as a shell script?  Is there
    >> something funny in my environment that results from it being
    >> run from .forward?

    BuGless> In one word: yes.  Make sure that the binary that you run
    BuGless> from your .forward is compiled to run on the machine that
    BuGless> actually delivers the mail to your mailbox.  Most likely,
    BuGless> the architecture is different (different machine than
    BuGless> your console machine, mailserver) and you need to
    BuGless> recompile procmail to run it on that machine.  --


HMMM...good point, we are not all solaris here, and I doubt the
mail-server is.  Let me try that out.

Paul

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