On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Professional Software Engineering
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At 16:12 2002-02-26 +0000, Trevor Jenkins wrote:
Don't know about the poster of the original thread but it isn't clear to
me what happens when both /etc/procmailrc and ~/.procmailrc exist.
You haven't dug very deep. The answer is found right in 'man procmail'.
You're right but it's a very convoluted sentence. Multiple commas some
of whose purpose is doubtful and several nested clauses. Not eh easiest of
things to read.
When procmail runs as LDA, if the /etc/procmailrc is found, it is executed
BEFORE the ~/.procmailrc is - it isn't an either or situation (unless of
course /etc/procmailrc performs final delivery of the message for some
reason - say discarding spam). Examples of what you'd use /etc/procmailrc
for include providing central spam/virus filtering and to provide default
procmailrc actions so that certain users wouldn't need to include certain
filters in their own procmailrcs.
That's the sort of thing that should be in the man page.
Regards, Trevor
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