Re: Bypass large files with filter

Robert McKenzie:
> Ruud H.G. van Tol:
> > # /etc/procmailrc
> >
> >    DROPPRIVS = 'yes'
> >    SHELL     = '/bin/sh'
> >    MAILDIR   = "/home/$LOGNAME/mail"
> >
> >    :0:
> >    * > 150000
> >    Big_Messages
> For the /etc/procmailrc what I want is a rule that will stop the
> processing of big messages right at the top, for everyone.
> Then deliver the messages to /var/spool/mail/USERNAME
See `procmail -v`, mine says that $DEFAULT is (the file)
'/var/spool/mail/USERNAME'.



    :0
    * > 150000
    {
      DROPPRIVS = 'yes'
      :0:
      $DEFAULT
      :0:        # if delivery failed, try $ORGMAIL
      $ORGMAIL
      :0         # if delivery failed again,
      {SWITCHRC} # go to user's procmailrc
    }


If $DEFAULT c.q. $ORGMAIL ends in a slash, or is a directory, then
(AFAIK) the locking should be removed.



Alternative-1:

    :0
    * > 150000
    {SWITCHRC}    # go to user's procmailrc

This still seems the sanest to me: leave it to the user what to do with
the big message.




Alternative-2:

    NL = '
'                   # literal ASCII-10
    TAB = '    '    # literal ASCII-9

    :0
    * > 150000
    {
      LOGFILE     = '/var/log/etc_procmailrc.log'
      VERBOSE     = 'on'
      LOGABSTRACT = 'all'
      LOG         =
"L:${LOGNAME}${TAB}D:${DEFAULT}${TAB}O:${ORGMAIL}${NL}"

      DROPPRIVS   = 'yes'  # drop root-privileges
      :0:
      $DEFAULT
      :0:        # if delivery failed, try $ORGMAIL
      $ORGMAIL
      :0         # if delivery failed again,
      {SWITCHRC} # go to user's .procmailrc
    }



-- 
Grtz, Ruud


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