At 06:08 2001-03-28 +0200, Martin Schweizer wrote:
I use a unix shell (sdf.lonestar.org, Linux 2.0.38, Procmail 3.13.1). I use
also Procmail at home without problems. But under the above Linux I can't use
Procmail. If I set a simple .procmailrc file it don't sort. If I add a
.forward file (both in my home directory) I only receive the not matched (in
.procmailrc) e-mails.
Are you actually FORWARDING to someplace else, or trying one of the various
procmail exec invocations? i.e. how do you know that the .forward is even
being invoked my the MTA-as-LDA ?
What is going wrong?
Perhaps they have procmail on the system, but their MTA doesn't use it as
the LDA, and their MTA doesn't pay attention to .forward files? This
scenario is quite possible if they've replaced the MTA with some
nonstandard POS.
Shelling to port 25 on that host reveals the following greeting:
220 sdf.lonestar.org ESMTP COMSAT VERSION 36; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:28:47 GMT
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Which means they're NOT running sendmail. Doublecheck that the .forward is
being used, and how. I believe the fhe .forward examples in the procmail
help are sendmail specific (and those programs which properly mimic it),
since .forward is processed by the MTA.
Solution: if .forward won't work for you, probably find a different
ISP? Chances are, they're using this alternate MTA for a reason, and
aren't wont to switch to sendmail for some reason they'll probably cling
hard and fast to.
---
Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering
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