I am having a problem with a recipe for blocking spam:
Here it is: Please help me 'see' where the error is. I am blind!! maybe
just exhausted. I got this from the web and think it's of tremendous
help...
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# Define the password
PASSWD_=something_personal
## Return mail if password isn't there
:0:passwd.lock
# Check for (the lack of) the password
* $ ! ^Subject:.*${PASSWD_}
## Avoid e-mail loops and accept mail from lists I am subscribed to.
* ^(TO|CC|Cc).*wash
* ! ^FROM_DAEMON
* ! ^FROM_MAILER
* ! ^List-
* ! ^(Mailing-List|Approved-By|BestServHost|Resent-(Message-ID|Sender)):
* ! ^Sender: (.*-errors@|owner-)
* ! ^X-[^:]*-List:
* ! ^X-(Authentication-Warning|Loop|Sent-To|(Listprocessor|Mailman)-Version):
* ! ^Precedence: (junk|bulk|list)
* ! ^X-Loop: wash(_at_)everest\(_dot_)wananchi\(_dot_)com
* ! ^From:.*wash@([-a-z0-9_]+\.)*everest\.wananchi\.com
# Prepare and send notification
# Be sure to customize for your sendmail path
| (formail -r \
-i "Subject: Returned e-mail: Password or privileges required" \
-A "X-Loop: wash(_at_)everest\(_dot_)wananchi\(_dot_)com" ; \
echo "************************************************" ; \
echo "* This response message is computer-generated.*" ; \
echo "************************************************" ; \
echo ; \
echo "Email password required!" ; \
echo "Please include (${PASSWD_}) anywhere on your subject line." ; \
echo "Then kindly resend your e-mail to wash(_at_)wananchi(_dot_)com") ; \
| $SENDMAIL -t
#EOF
_and_ here is the error it generates....
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
echo "************************************************" ; \
echo "* This response message is computer-generated.*" ; \
echo "************************************************" ; \
echo ; \ "
Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting ")")
procmail: Non-zero exitcode (2) from " (/usr/local/bin/formail -r \
-i "Subject: Returned e-mail: Password or privileges required" \
-A "X-Loop: wash(_at_)everest\(_dot_)wananchi\(_dot_)com" ; \
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
TIA
-Wash
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Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd.,
wash(_at_)wananchi(_dot_)com 1st Flr Loita Hse
Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street.,
Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286, 00100-NAIROBI,KE.
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-- Jawaharlal Nehru
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