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Re: mail address unsafe - error

1999-06-19 05:37:56
Eric Smith <eric(_at_)fruitcom(_dot_)com> writes:
Since upgrading to RH6 (I think) my procmail has been non-functional and I
have had to remove the .forward redirect.  If I do not do this then I get
this ...

[root(_at_)plum /root]# /home/eric/.forward: line 1: "|/usr/bin/procmail
#eric"... Address eric is unsafe for mailing to programs
/home/eric/.forward: line 1: "|/usr/bin/procmail #eric"... Address eric is
unsafe for mailing to programs
/root/dead.letter... Saved message in /root/dead.letter

I have fiddled to no avail, any help?

Newer versions of sendmail don't trust group writable files or
directories.  Also, until a newer procmail rpm comes out that sets the
GROUP_PER_USER compile time variable, you will need to remove group
write from your .procmailrc as well:

        chmod g-w $HOME $HOME/.forward $HOME/.procmailrc


Philip Guenther

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