Hi all,
I'm new in using procmail, so sorry if this is a typical FAQ.
In my logfile I get very often messages as
procmail: Deadlock attempted on "/home2/sch/.lockmail"
/home2/sch/.lockmail ist my lockfile (see the beginning of
my .procmailrc below):
----- snip : .procmailrc -------
VERBOSE=OFF
PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/local/bin:.
MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail # You'd better make sure it exists
DEFAULT=/var/mail/sch
#DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox
LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail/log
LOCKFILE=$HOME/.lockmail
PMDIR=$HOME/.procmail
#INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/rc.testing
INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/rc.maillists
----- snip -------
The and of my .procmailrc ist as follows:
----- snip : end of .procmailrc -----
:0: $LOCKFILE
* ^From.*smsuser
| tee /home2/sch/lockslist | mailx -s LOCKSLIST sch
:0: $LOCKFILE
| tee -a $DEFAULT | mailx -s SNI-Mail
Elmar(_dot_)Schaetzlein(_at_)muenchen(_dot_)org
# Anything that has not been delivered by now will go to $DEFAULT
# using LOCKFILE=$DEFAULT$LOCKEXT
----- end of .procmailrc ------
What means this deadlock-message, is it a warning only or
should I try to avoid it?
In the manpages I couldn't find anything on the meaning of
deadlocks...
Elmar
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