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Re: err in log

1997-03-01 03:40:07
On Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:15:30 -0600 (CST),
"[Top Secret]" <web401a5(_at_)topsecret(_dot_)net> wrote:
      0       1  ## procmail: Couldn't determine implicit lockfile from 

It means you're telling Procmail to use a lock and it can't figure out
how exactly. In this case the lock is completely unnecessary. Change
the ":0:" on the recipe you quoted to a ":0".

I've written up a FAQ which attempts to discuss this further. If
you're interested, have a look. Any comments on the text would be most
welcome.

    <http://www.iki.fi/~era/procmail/mini-faq.html>

single POP on this domain) is running only Pine 3.91 which does not have 
the alt-addresses feature, meaning that any mail that may be intended 
directly for me (not from a list) that is not addressed to the somewhat 
cryptic and easily forgettable web401a5(_at_)topsecret(_dot_)net shows up in 
my 
inbox without the "+" flag and can get lost amid junk/spam/list mail.  
i've set up a forward rc.file to catch all my 
handles(_at_)topsecret(_dot_)net that 
*i* use to forward them to my *real* account, but it's not showing up as 
being for me (e.g. still no "+").  any ideas?

I have no idea what this means, really, but I'll speculate that Pine
will display a "+" on all messages which are To: the address Pine
thinks is yours. 
  You'll need to fix the To: before forwarding in that case. Try this:

    :0
    * whatever criteria you use for forwarding ...
    | formail -i"To: 
<some(_dot_)address(_at_)youd(_dot_)prefer(_dot_)to(_dot_)see>" | \
        /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t

If all these nicks are essentially on the same account, you don't need
to resend them; just fix the To: line using formail:

    :0fh
    * ^TO_(list|of.addresses|youd(_at_)like(_dot_)to|change)
    | formail -i"To: 
<some(_dot_)address(_at_)youd(_dot_)prefer(_dot_)to(_dot_)see>"

This one will just filter the message and continue processing your
.procmailrc because it's not a delivering recipe. Put it somewhere
relatively near the beginning of your .procmailrc.
  Formail -i means preserve the old To: field as Old-To:. Use -I if
you don't like that. 

Hope this helps,

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