"Hank Ratzesberger" <hankr(_at_)griffinwerks(_dot_)com> writes:
My procmail script to manage a mailing list is having some problems.
When I passed the list as an alias, I got "lock" issues. Now, I pass the
list by "cat" on the command line.
My log file contains the message:
Excessive output quenched from "cat"
I have not been able to find information on this error.
*ALL* procmail error messages are documented on the procmail(1) manpage.
Whenever you get a message from procmail that you don't understand,
look in the DIAGNOSTICS section of the manpage. To quote the relevant
entry for this case:
Excessive output quenched from "x"
The program or filter "x" tried to
produce too much output for the
current LINEBUF, the rest was dis-
carded.
So, your list of addresses is too large for LINEBUF, so procmail is
cutting of the end. Setting LINEBUF to a value larger than the size
of the address list file should resolve that issue for now.
Actually, your solution using an alias was a better way to handle
the list. What were the "lock" issues that you were having?
(Even better than that would be to install a real mailing list manager,
but that's beyond the scope of this response.)
Philip Guenther
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