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Re: new to procmail

1997-08-21 09:30:12
The first line in my .procmailrc (after variables are set)  has always been thi
s:

:0c
Backups

and that has always saved me from any later procmail stupidity... well,
except mail loops, so

:0Wh
|formail -D 8192 idfile

is the second line.

The second one also had an effect that I didn't expect: it can function as a
spam-trap.  Since many of the spam packages either leave the Message-ID field
blank, or put the same forged MID in every message...

I had three of them get caught the day before yesterday. :)

--
korthmat(_at_)pilot(_dot_)msu(_dot_)edu  http://pilot.msu.edu/~korthmat
"People always ask how cartoonists come up with ideas... The truth is, we
hold a blank sheet of paper, stare into space, and let our minds wander.
(To the layman, this looks remarkably like goofing off.)" --Bill Watterson

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