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Re: Getting Procmail Started

2005-07-19 14:35:44
At 14:36 2005-07-19 -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote:
[BIG SNIP - this isn't a sendmail support list]

MAILER(local)
MAILER(smtp)
MAILER(`procmail')

I added the MAILER (`procmail') and FEATURE(`local_procmail') directives
myself. Then I ran 'make all install restart'.

FTR, the smtp and local MAILER declarations should be ticked just like the 
procmail one above.  That said, the MAILER procmail definition HAS NOTHING 
TO DO WITH INVOKING PROCMAIL AS LDA.  It's so that you can create sendmail 
rules to deliver to procmail directly.  It can be handy, but virtually 
nobody does that.  It is unnecessary for using procmail as the LDA (which 
is set up with the local_procmail FEATURE).

This is my procmailrc file.

Er, *YOUR* as in your USER procmailrc?  If so, it should be ~/.procmailrc 
(note dot).

If a global procmailrc, then it's /etc/procmailrc (no dot, but in a 
specific dir).

Be clear - if it isn't one of these two files, and named accordingly, it 
won't be used.

#Preliminaries
SHELL=/bin/sh               #Use the Bourne shell (check your path!)
PMDIR=$HOME/Procmail
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail             #First check what your mail directory is!
LOGFILE=$PMDIR/pmlog

Confirm that these dirs EXIST.

---
  Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering

  Procmail disclaimer: <http://www.professional.org/procmail/disclaimer.html>
  Please DO NOT carbon me on list replies.  I'll get my copy from the list.


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