Re: [Sheflug] Procmail

[Jeff Hill <jeffhill [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Richard Ibbotson (richard [at] sheflug.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Well, As I thought I would I've messed up procmail configuration...
> my procmailrc looks like....
> 
> 
> PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:.
> MAILDIR=/var/spool/mail/$richard
> DEFAULT=root
> 
> :0                              # Anything from zetnet brought down by
> 				#  Fetchmail
> *^TO.*
> richard                         # will go to /home/richard/Mail/inbox
> 
> 
> Think I've got the syntax wrong.  Can anyone put me straight on this
>  ? Mail is being downloaded by Fetchmail and then vanishes once it
>  hits my local machine.  I might also have forgotten to build a file
>  such as  .forward   or /etc/procmailrc.  Confusing.  Read the man
>  pages didn't help much.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Richard
> 
Richard
This is the start of my .procmailrc----hope it helps

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/home/bin
(Richard---no ":." at the end of the line"

SHELL=/bin/bash

# "VERBOSE=on" is only used for debugging.
VERBOSE=off

SENDMAIL=sendmail
MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/jeff
LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmail_log
 
                                Regards,
                                    Jeff
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