On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Thang Chiu wrote:
thang> SHELL=/bin/sh
thang> LINEBUF=4096
thang> PATH=$HOME/franklin2/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
thang> VERBOSE=off
thang> MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
thang> LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/log
thang> # the following recipe to test
thang> :0
thang> * ^From:.*Thang
thang> temp
thang>
thang> Both files are user, group, and world-readable. My problem is if
thang> I send myself mail, without the last three lines of the
thang> .procmailrc file, I correctly get mail in the $HOME/Mail/inbox
thang> folder which PINE reads correctly. However, with the last three
thang> lines included, mail is sent correctly to the $HOME/Mail/temp
thang> folder listed as a separate file (such as msg.ArKD), but which
thang> PINE can not read (it said there is 0 message in the temp
thang> folder). In addition, my unix shell prompts me that I receive new
thang> mail, BUT displays the first few lines of the OLDEST message,
thang> instead of the message I just received (the newest message).
thang> Likewise, I get the same errors when I use the above .procmailrc
thang> with the last three lines deleted but with
thang> DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/inbox. (The message is delivered to inbox as a
thang> file (msg.58UE) but which PINE cannot read.) What is the cause of
thang> this
To me 'msg.xxxx' sounds as if you have either created $MAILDIR/temp as a
directory, or appended a '/' to its invocation in the procmail recipe
(evidently not the case with temp, since you gave that recipe, but what
about inbox?), or both.
thang> and how can I fix it?
If the target is a directory instead of a flat file, rename it.
Procmail will then create the flat file itself, the next time it
delivers to the target.
Hoping this helps,
--
Rick Troxel Rick_Troxel(_at_)nih(_dot_)gov
rick(_at_)helix(_dot_)nih(_dot_)gov
http://www.dc-sage.org/bios/rick_troxel 301/435-2983
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