At 23:51 2009-05-13 +0200, buro bjorn wrote:
I got the script to work (see
<http://pastie.org/477378>http://pastie.org/477378). It processes the
emails and creates subfolders. However I still get an error message: Error
while writing
"/home/bjorn/Mail/.INBOX.mailinglists.symfony-users/_HTE.q3zCKB.hq"
I must ask, why are you using the lockfile flag on recipes which are
performing maildir delivery? You are in effect trying to lock the
directory. Lockfiles are appropriate for mbox delivery, not maildir or
mailfolder.
which I presume has to do with the subfolder not existing yet.
Maildir folders are automatically created by procmail as needed (see 'man
procmailrc'). Directory creation is more of an issue for mbox
delivery. If you needed to accomplish directory creation, one could do so
BEFORE attempting delivery by adding something like this before line 39
from your most recent web link:
:0 Wic
* ? test ! -d $$INBOXPATH.$LISTNAME
| mkdir $INBOXPATH.$LISTNAME
Flags translate as:
W - wait for this recipe to complete before continuing, and don't
blow a gasket if there's an error.
i - ignore write errors (the message isn't actually being read by
mkdir, so you can expect procmail to sense the message
wasn't processed)
c - operate on a COPY of the message (which means the original
message is still waiting for processing by the following
rules).
This would negate the need for your code on lines 42-52 (which are a bit
moot since you're using maildir format). Additionally, the 'e' flag you
have on line 44 is a bit superfluous - the immediatley preceeding recipe
has no conditions, so the only reason you'd reach line 44 is if it
failed. It's not a problem that you specify the 'e' flag, but it's worth
noting that you don't use 'e' on the "still failed" recipe at the bottom...
I trust you're checking this in a sandbox configuration, and not on your
live email stream?
procmail: Locking "/home/bjorn/Mail/.INBOX.mailinglists.symfony-users/.lock"
procmail: Error while writing to
"/home/bjorn/Mail/.INBOX.mailinglists.symfony-users/_HTE%K4zCKB.hq"
procmail: Lock failure on
"/home/bjorn/Mail/.INBOX.mailinglists.symfony-users/.lock"
procmail: Assigning
"LASTFOLDER=/home/bjorn/Mail/.INBOX.mailinglists.symfony-users/new/1242250786.17607_0.hq"
The implication at this line is that it successfully wrote THIS file -
specifically because it's in a SUBDIR of the folder, rather than directly
within it.
---
Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering
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