Ummm, a fundamental is that you must have a shell account to run procmail as a
user, unless your systems administrator has something set up so that *he* (or
she!) only administers mail handling. You metioned that shell accounts exist,
yet state that you don't have one
I think we need to know more than you've stated already.
One item of curiosity however...what "tests" are you running, *outside* of a
shell that enables you to determine anything about how mail is being
handled....Ummm, that is puzzling me no end
I guess when you make mention of your "server" you are actually referring to
your systems administrator, or the machine owner.
If I may make a suggestion...???
Ask the machine owner/sysadmin to email the list, and let's see if we can help
him solve your problem.
Regards,
-Colin
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Colin J. Raven
Operations Manager, HDS Lab, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA | Harrison, NY
cjraven(_at_)quik(_dot_)com
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Evans <EvanEvans(_at_)BillEvans(_dot_)org>
To: <procmail(_at_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 12:43 PM
Subject: Problem Invoking Promail Without Shell Account
My server says that he has system-wide Procmail set.
I don't have a shell account, but he and I both thought that it would be
possible to use .forward and .procmailrc to have my incoming catch-all
mail account filtered with Procmail.
But it's not working!!!!
I've run every test in the book, every day, every waking hour, for the
last six days.
How can I get a simple .forward and .procmailrc file to run properly?
He just installed procmail. Is it possible that he doesn't have
something set right?
What are the proper programs necessary to run procmail?
I know he's installed Sendmail and Procmail and has Shell in /bin/sh
but does he need other items such as Formail or others?
What are the permissions necessary to properly do this?
Please e-mail me directly as I don't view the archive often.
Evan
Evan(_at_)BillEvans(_dot_)org
P.S. I'll forward any information that my server needs to know directly
to him.