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Massimo wrote:

> I use RH6.0 and Sendmail with good results.
>
> Now i have a strange problem :
>
> I want to send and Email to virtual user and redirect email
> to a externel program .
>
> The program is a mail processor that print a special File .
>
> The program name is /usr/bin/process_email.pl , and read from standard
> input
> line per line and process the mail .
>
> The procedure that i make is this :
>
> 1) create a user "processor"
> 2) link /usr/bin/process_email.pl in /etc/smrsh
> 3) make word executable /usr/bin/process_email.pl
> 4) create a .forward in home directory of user processor and write into
>     " | /usr/bin/process_email.pl .
>
> When i send a email to processor sendmail respond to me message SENT but
>
> the program /usr/bin/process_email.pl is no executed .
>
> If i execute from bash : smrsh -c process_email.pl , program is executed
> .
>
> I allegate a portion of sendmail log :
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Oct  7 00:27:38 massimo sendmail[3385]: AAA03385: from=root, size=33,
> class=0, pri=30033, nrcpts=1,
> msgid=<199910062227.AAA03385@massimo.everex.it>, relay=root@localhost
>
> Oct  7 00:27:38 massimo sendmail[3387]: AAA03385: to="|
> /usr/bin/process_email.pl",
> ctladdr= processor (503/100), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00,
> mailer=prog, stat=Sen
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> I think that i make all right but it dosn't Work .
>
> Thank a lot for all that respond to my need of Help .
>
> Massimo Lambertini massimo.lambertini@everex.it

Another way:
sendmail on RH 6.0 uses procmail as the local delivery agent,
so you may call your perl script from ~processor/.procmailrc

for details see: "man procmailex", "man procmailrc", "man procmail"

~processor/.procmailrc [AFAIK]

:0w
| /usr/bin/process_email.pl

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