I have been having a bizarre procmail problem that I hope you can help me
with. The end result is what when I'm running procmail (v3.11pre7),
occasionally messages are being appended to ANOTHER USER'S mail spool instead
of being filtered to my inbox.
The system is running BSDI BSD/OS 2.1 and I build procmail with the cc
compiler.
My setup is simple:
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.forward:
"| /usr/local/bin/procmail -Y"
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.procmailrc:
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/contrib/mh/lib
MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log
# DEFAULT
:0 w: inbox/$LOCKEXT
| rcvstore +inbox
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Here is an example of of a message that was appended to /var/spool/majordom
(my user account is ad1c):
From Majordomo-Owner(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com Wed Jul 22 16:38:23 1998
Received: (from majordom(_at_)localhost)
by dayton.akorn.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA03610;
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 16:38:23 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 16:38:23 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199807222038(_dot_)QAA03610(_at_)dayton(_dot_)akorn(_dot_)net>
To: antennaware-approval(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com
From: Majordomo(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com
Subject: APPROVE antennaware
Reply-To: Majordomo(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com
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"Peter de Zoete(PJ2PZ)" <peterdezoete(_at_)curinfo(_dot_)an> requests that you
approve
the following:
subscribe antennaware ant-ware(_at_)pj2pz(_dot_)ampr(_dot_)org
If you approve, please send a message such as the following back to
Majordomo(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com (with the appropriate PASSWORD filled in,
of course):
approve PASSWORD subscribe antennaware
ant-ware(_at_)pj2pz(_dot_)ampr(_dot_)org
If you disapprove, do nothing.
Thanks!
Majordomo(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com
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Here is another:
Received: (from majordom(_at_)localhost)
by dayton.akorn.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA15867;
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:06:28 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:06:28 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199807230406(_dot_)AAA15867(_at_)dayton(_dot_)akorn(_dot_)net>
To: ct-user-approval(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com
From: Majordomo(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE ct-user Al Crespo <nh7a(_at_)radiomaui(_dot_)com>
Reply-To: Majordomo(_at_)contesting(_dot_)com
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Al Crespo <nh7a(_at_)radiomaui(_dot_)com> has unsubscribed from ct-user.
No action is required on your part.
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The aliases file which all references to 'ad1c' and 'majordom':
owner-majordomo: ad1c
Majordomo-Owner: ad1c
owner-3830: ad1c
3830-approval: ad1c
owner-3830-digest: ad1c
3830-digest-approval: ad1c
owner-3830-digest-outgoing: ad1c
owner-antennaware: ad1c
antennaware-approval: ad1c
owner-antennaware-digest: ad1c
antennaware-digest-approval: ad1c
owner-antennaware-digest-outgoing: ad1c
owner-ct-user: ad1c
ct-user-approval: ad1c
owner-ct-user-digest: ad1c
ct-user-digest-approval: ad1c
owner-ct-user-digest-outgoing: ad1c
owner-na-user: ad1c
na-user-approval: ad1c
owner-na-user-digest: ad1c
na-user-digest-approval: ad1c
owner-na-user-digest-outgoing: ad1c
owner-nccc: ad1c,trey(_at_)kkn(_dot_)net
owner-svhfs: listadmin,ad1c
owner-yccc: ad1c
yccc-approval: ad1c
owner-yccc-digest: ad1c
yccc-digest-approval: ad1c
owner-yccc-digest-outgoing: ad1c
owner-test: ad1c
test-approval: ad1c
owner-test-digest: ad1c
test-digest-approval: ad1c
owner-test-digest-outgoing: ad1c
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The alias 'antennaware-approval' on contesting.com (== dayton.akorn.net) is
'ad1c', so the mail should have been forwarded to me, processed by procmail,
and landed in my inbox. Instead it was appended to 'majordom's inbox.
There is no .forward file in majordom's user account.
Any idea what might be going on? When I disable procmail by renaming my
.forward file, all such messages are properly appended to ad1c's mail spool.
- Jim
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