Hello,
I'm a dabbler in procmail but by no means a proficient user of it. I would
really appreciate some expert help from you guys out there.
I'm testing a procmail recipe in my home folder. It's a .procmailrc file
which is invoked over a .forward file which is also in my home folder.
The purpose of the recipe is to redirect all emails with a .exe, .bat, .scr,
or .pif extension to a file called viruses located in the /home folder.
Whenever an email is sent with an attachment that has one of those
extensions, it works fine. The problem is - if an email isn't sent with one
of those attachments, the log file gives a 'bypassed locking' message.
Here's my configuration information:
Linux version - Red Hat Linux Release 7.1 (seawolf)
Kernel version - 2.4.2-2
Procmail version - 3.14
Locking strategies - dotlocking, fcntl()
Default rcfile - $HOME/.procmailrc
system mailbox - /var/spool/mail/root
.forward file contents -
" | IFS=' ' && P= /usr/bin/procmail && test -f $P && exec $P -f- || exit 75
# username"
The recipes code -
VERBOSE = yes
MAILDIR= /home/username/mail
LOGFILE= /home/username/log
COMSTAT= no
: 0 HB:
*^Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
*name=.*\. (exe|bat|scr|pif)
/home/viruses
The log file contents after receiving an email without one of the
extensions-
procmail: Assigning "COMSTAT=no"
procmail: No match on "^Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
procmail: Bypassed locking "/var/spool/mail/username.lock"
procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER= var/spool/mail/jleske"
procmail: Opening "/var/spool/mail/username"
procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock
From j20in2001(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com Tue Dec 17 14:26:26 2002
Subject: test
Folder: /var/spool/mail/username
One last tidbit of information -
(I access the linux mail server by using ssh in the putty.exe application
from an NT 4 Server)
I want to know how to (if it's possible) run this recipe in everyone's home
folder without getting the bypassed locking message.
If this isn't an option, is it possible to run procmail as my LDA with my
configuration? If so, how do I run procmail as my LDA?
Thank's alot,
Joe Leske
P.S. - If at all possible, I'd like to use the version of procmail I have.
Is it ok to use 3.14 for what I wanna use it for, or will I have to install
a new version?
P.S.S. - If there's any important info I forgot to include with this email
please let me know.
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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/2002
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