David Wright wrote,
| :0:
| * ^From.*dwright
| from_me
|
| :0
| * ^Subject:.*Flame
| /dev/null
| But, when I look in my mail directory, I get:
| eden%ls -la
| total 206
| -rw------- 1 dwright students 27284 Jul 19 15:22 *
[rest of ls -la display deleted]
| eden%procmail -v
| procmail v2.61 1991/01/31 written by Stephen R. van den Berg
|
berg(_at_)messua(_dot_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de
| berg(_at_)physik(_dot_)tu-muenchen(_dot_)de
Yup. Very old version, and Stephen is srb(_at_)cuci(_dot_)nl nowadays.
| That file that is the * is my problem.
Yes, it is.
| My only guess is that my version of procmail is too old, but I want to be
| sure before I request an upgrade from the system administrators.
Be sure. Be very sure. Asterisk notation came in much later (around 2.91,
I think). Meanwhile, use the old code style:
::
^From.*dwright
from_me
:h
^Subject:.*Flame
/dev/null