I just started using procmail and spambouncer the other day also, and I
got the same error message about the backup folder. Actually, on her
website, she explicitly says you should make sure those directories
exist. And there is in fact an error in the script, which I solved by
using the following:
# Create a backup cache of 100 most recent messages in case of mistakes
:0 c
backup
:0 ic
| cd ${HOME}/Mail/backup && rm -f dummy `ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,100d`
which did the trick. I figured out that it just wasn't in the right
relative directory to issue a 'cd' and have 'backup' be right there.
This solved my problem. Hope it helps, and I hope its right?! I figure
if you really know what you're doing then you could issue a 'test'
command and use the exit code to figure out if it already exists, if not
have it created. That would work on a multi-user system, but I only
retrieve mail for two users, so I just created them by hand.
-Dave T.
-----Original Message-----
From: procmail-admin(_at_)Lists(_dot_)RWTH-Aachen(_dot_)DE
[mailto:procmail-admin(_at_)Lists(_dot_)RWTH-Aachen(_dot_)DE] On Behalf Of Paul
Thomas
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 2:59 AM
To: Procmail Users List
Subject: Re: modifying spambouncer
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Jonathan Ganz wrote:
1) I'm getting the following error message in the log. Note the backup
file is created. Obviously, this isn't a fatal error, but it bothers
me that
something isn't working quite right. Suggestions would be welcome.
Subject: HOMEOWNERS GET 4.5% INT. RATE GUARENTEED
Folder: the_path_here/block.incoming
cd: can't cd to backup
Spambouncer is broken here. First her recipe is to write backups of
the incoming emails before they are filtered to a directory like this:
# Create a backup cache of 100 most recent messages in case of mistakes
:0 c
$MAILDIR/backup
Well that's nice except there is nothing to create the directory
automatcially and the config docs don't tell you to create a backup
directory by hand. This causes the messages to be written to a file
named 'backup' instead of a directory named 'backup' (if you ever really
need to retrieve a backup, it might be easier to do in this mailbox
file format from your email reader).
Then comes the next recipe:
:0 ic
| cd backup && rm -f dummy `ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,100d`
where we are trying to enter the non-existand directory 'backup', it
fails and leaves you the error:
cd: can't cd to backup
2) How do I modify the script that creates the backup file to limit
the
size to 50 messages rather than the default 100. (Also, it doesn't
seem to limit it to 100 right now, so perhaps this is related to the
"can't cd to backup" error.)
Change 100 in:
:0 ic
| cd backup && rm -f dummy `ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,100d`
to 50.
3) How do I send the individual spams that I get in the block.incoming
and spam.incoming folders to a spam reporting email addresses (e.g.,
uce(_at_)ftc(_dot_)gov and my spamcop subscription address)? The only thing
that I was able to do, is outside of spambouncer, using a cron
command.
Unfortunately, I have to send the email in batches. This doesn't work
for spamcop (at least it doesn't appear to work).
There is a spam reporting feature built into Spambouncer that at least
handles spamcop I think.
thanks,
--paul
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