Philip,
Thanks. I did read that:
line, procmail will, prior to reading $HOME/.procmailrc,
interpret commands from /etc/procmailrc (if present).
states that /etc/procmailrc commands are interpreted first, but didn't state
if those commands are the same recipes as used in ~/.procmailrc.
Glen
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Philip Guenther wrote:
Glen Lee Edwards <GLEdwards(_at_)uswest(_dot_)net> writes:
What is the difference between /etc/procmailrc and ~/.procmailrc? Can you
run the same type of recipes? If so, are they applied system-wide if used
in /etc/procmailrc as opposed to only the one user if in ~/.procmailrc?
Yep. To quote the third paragraph of the procmail(1) manpage:
If no rcfiles and no -p have been specified on the command
line, procmail will, prior to reading $HOME/.procmailrc,
interpret commands from /etc/procmailrc (if present).
Care must be taken when creating /etc/procmailrc, because,
if circumstances permit, it will be executed with root
privileges (contrary to the $HOME/.procmailrc file of
course).
Philip Guenther