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Re: setting up multiple users.

1998-04-04 16:54:01
"Jeff" == J Bell <jfbell(_at_)gte(_dot_)net> writes:

    Jeff> Hi, I've been trying to set up my email programs to work
    Jeff> with 3 different users on my Linux box.

[ ... ]

    Jeff> I have in my HOME dir an .fetchmailrc and a .procmailrc
    Jeff> files, do I have to move the .fetchmailrc and .procmailrc
    Jeff> files to the /root dir in order to receive mail from my ISP
    Jeff> (fetchmail running as a daemon process) and then using
    Jeff> procmail, filter email to the different users on my system?

    Jeff> any suggestion???

Ummm, read the fetchmail manpage?  The part about " ... configuration
for a multi-drop mailbox ... ?"

I suppose [ on topic ] that any procmail spam filtering rules can be
put in /etc/procmailrc.  I would recommend not throwing away the mail
until you've looked at it, though.

mp

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