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Re: What am i dong wrong?

1997-07-16 13:06:00

procmail.....  Try
running the command "which formail".  

A warning about a "feature" of 'which':  It runs in a subprocess which
clears your environment and re-runs your shell startup file.  This means
it MAY give you wrong answers (depending on what you wanted to know).  For
example:

Say you 

1. have a .profile or .shrc that leaves your path "/usr/bin:$HOME/bin"

2. put formail in ~/my-procmail-stuff

3. put ~/my-procmail-stuff in your .procmailrc and .forward

then 'which formail' will not find it, even though it should still work.

If you think about it, you can create much worse scenarios!!!

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