Problem using procmail

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2 total messages Started by Richard Kooijman DNPAP Wed, 19 Aug 1992 07:41

#1143

Author: Richard Kooijman DNPAP
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 07:41

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Hi,

I have the following problem with procmail. I have defined a set of recipes
with which I want to save mail for certain lists in certain files and
place a log message in my system mailbox. All other mail should be
placed in my system mailbox without generating a log message.

For example, mail from the SNMP list should be appended to a file
called ~/mail/SNMP and a log message should be generated in my
system mailbox /var/spool/mail/richard.

The log message and the appending works fine, but the message itself is
also placed in my system mailbox.

Can somebody tell me what I am doing wrong?

My .procmailrc is included below.



Thanks,

Richard.


==================================================================
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin	# path for shell commands
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail			# mail directory
ORGMAIL=/var/spool/mail/$USER		# system mailbox
DEFAULT=$ORGMAIL			# default delivery mailbox
LOGFILE=$ORGMAIL			# default log mailbox


# Staff mail

:c
^(To|Cc).*Staff
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/flush.au &

:A:
Staff


# Develop mail

:c
^(To|Cc).*Develop
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/quitit.au &

:A:
Develop


# G2 mail

:c
^(To|Cc).*G2
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/bark.au &

:A:
G2


# SNMP mail

:c
^(To|Cc).*SNMP
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/flush.au &

:A:
SNMP


# InterViews mail

:c
^(To|Cc).*InterViews
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/bark.au &

:A:
InterViews


# CLIPS mail

:c
^(To|Cc).*CLIPS
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/bark.au &

:A:
CLIPS


# NEDERL mail

:c
^(To|Cc).*NEDERL
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/bark.au &

:A:
NEDERL


# LITPROG mail

:c
^(To|Cc).*LITPROG
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/bark.au &

:A:
LITPROG


# default delivery, no log

LOGFILE=/dev/null

:0
| rsh dutepp6 ~/bin/sun/play -v 30 ~/deskset/sounds/bark.au &

:A:
$DEFAULT
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-- Intelligent Network Management Project (INEMA) ---------------------------
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Re: Problem using procmail

#1156

Author: Stephen R. van den Berg
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:11

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Richard Kooijman writes:
>I have the following problem with procmail. I have defined a set of recipes
>with which I want to save mail for certain lists in certain files and
>place a log message in my system mailbox. All other mail should be
>placed in my system mailbox without generating a log message.

>For example, mail from the SNMP list should be appended to a file
>called ~/mail/SNMP and a log message should be generated in my
>system mailbox /var/spool/mail/richard.

>The log message and the appending works fine, but the message itself is
>also placed in my system mailbox.

>Can somebody tell me what I am doing wrong?

>My .procmailrc is included below.

Your .procmailrc file looks fine.  My guess is that the problem lies in your
.forward file.  Look in the man page for procmail(1) in the NOTES section, and
check to see if you don't have any extraneous entries in your .forward file.

I suspect you looked at the .forward file example in the vacation(1) man page.
Procmail, unlike vacation does not need the \username entry in the .forward
file.
-- 
Sincerely,                                  berg@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
           Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).    berg@physik.tu-muenchen.de

"My name is Psmith, the P is not pronounced."

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