Peter Jaeckel <pj(_at_)jet(_dot_)uk> writes:
I am using procmail as it came with Red Hat Linux 4.0, i.e. procmail -v
gives:-
...
Now for the problem. As this pc here is sitting in a site-wide network
where all incoming mail is stored in a central mail server whose
drives can be accessed via nfs and in no other way, I have a symbolic
link to the right point in the mounted file system tree. Everything is
fine as long as incoming mail is actually stored by the central mail
host on the server's file system. However, if I happen to send mail to
another userid on my Linux pc, procmail insists on removing the
symbolic link to something like BOGUS.xxx (as described in the man
pages).
How do I stop procmail doing that (security is not an issue _at_
_all_) ?
The only way to make procmail not care about security is too modify the
source yourself. If you don't know C and UNIX programming well, don't
even bother trying -- procmail is pretty hairy.
The Correct way to fix this is to stop trying to deliver local mail
anywhere but at the hub. You'll need to change your sendmail.cf to do
this, of course. I recommend using the m4 config file generators
(documention of which should be found in /usr/doc/sendmail* on RedHat
systems) and enable either the "nullclient" FEATURE or the MAIL_HUB
define depending on how non-local mail should be handled -- the READMEs
should help you decide which. Questions related to configuring
sendmail should be sent to comp.mail.sendmail, as most of the people on
the procmail list aren't that interested in it.
Philip Guenther