Hi,
I fear this is a FAQ, but I can't find a solution anywhere. I'm using sendmail
8.9.3, procmail 3.15.1 and courier-imapd on a Suse 7.0 linux system. I want
procmail to put mail into my maildir-format mailbox which is in
$HOME/Maildir for every user. Instead, it refuses to use maildir and writes
in the usual mbox-format.
How can I get procmail to write in maildir-format? I've attached some more
info below.
Thanks!
Rob
The .procmailrc for my user (rob) is:
MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir
DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox
LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from
VERBOSE=yes
procmail -v as user rob reads:
[green] ~> procmail -v
procmail v3.15.1 2001/01/08
Copyright (c) 1990-1999, Stephen R. van den Berg <srb(_at_)cuci(_dot_)nl>
Copyright (c) 1999-2001, Philip A. Guenther
<guenther(_at_)sendmail(_dot_)com>
Submit questions/answers to the procmail-related mailinglist by sending to:
<procmail-users(_at_)procmail(_dot_)org>
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Locking strategies: dotlocking, flock()
Default rcfile: $HOME/.procmailrc
Your system mailbox: /var/spool/mail/rob
The ~/Maildir/from logfile:
procmail: [3025] Tue Apr 3 15:28:14 2001
procmail: Locking "/home/rob/Maildir/mbox.lock"
procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/home/rob/Maildir/mbox"
procmail: Opening "/home/rob/Maildir/mbox"
procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock
procmail: Unlocking "/home/rob/Maildir/mbox.lock"
From rob(_at_)infologic(_dot_)com(_dot_)sg Tue Apr 3 15:28:14 2001
Subject: blabla
Folder: /home/rob/Maildir/mbox 736
procmail: Notified comsat: "rob(_at_)3669:/home/rob/Maildir/mbox"
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