HI,
I'm having a problem with figuring out why a simple change to the recipe
format is causing me so much grief (I've lost a few emails because of it
:^( ). I know about the saying "If it ain't broke, the don't fix it." I
just made this change to make the syntax of all my recipes the same. I
originally grabbed this from another local user here at NetCom.
This is the pertinent section of the "~/.procmailrc" file:
# Initialize FORMAIL variable:
:
? test -x /usr/local/nuglops/bin/formail
{ FORMAIL=/usr/local/nuglops/bin/formail }
:E
{ FORMAIL=`ksh -c "echo ~vjl/bin/formail"` }
and this is the associated pertinent section of the logfile output:
procmail: Executing "test,-x,/usr/local/nuglops/bin/formail"
procmail: Match on "test -x /usr/local/nuglops/bin/formail"
procmail: Assigning "FORMAIL=/usr/local/nuglops/bin/formail"
Everything above is fine and my "~/.procmailrc" file works as I want it
to.
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Ok, now I make the following change to that section of the
"~/.procmailrc" file (adding the '0' to the lines marking the beginning
of a recipe -- lines 2 and 5 below) and all my emails get trashed:
# Initialize FORMAIL variable:
:0
? test -x /usr/local/nuglops/bin/formail
{ FORMAIL=/usr/local/nuglops/bin/formail }
:0 E
{ FORMAIL=`ksh -c "echo ~vjl/bin/formail"` }
and here is the pertinent section of the logfile output:
[snip]
procmail: Skipped "test -x /usr/local/nuglops/bin/formail"
procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=?"
procmail: Opening "?"
procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock
From bodysurf Sat Apr 5 09:40:54 1997
Subject: TEST #2
Folder: ? 911
procmail: Notified comsat: "bodysurf(_at_)56206:/u5/bodysurf/Mail/?"
I can include the entire logfile and "~/.procmailrc" files, but these
*seemed* to be (as I said) the pertinent sections and should (I think)
give enough information to point out my error. Can anyone shed some
light into why what I did is causing this problem?
Lates!
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