Procmail for fetchmail and local MDA

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3 total messages Started by Justin S. Cooksey Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00

#3539

Author: Justin S. Cooksey
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00

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I am using RedHat Linux 5.0, which uses procmail as the local delivery
agent. I am getting mail from my ISP using fetchmail with procmail as
the delivery agent. Basically I want to set up a few rules to sort
mail amongst some users on the Linux system. Any message that dosn't
fit those rules gets passed to root.

However if I create a .procmailrc file in /root for when I pickup mail
the same .procmailrc file will be used for the local delivery and the
mail gets stuck in a never ending loop.

What is the best solution?

Should I create an account that picks up mail from my ISP and has the
specific .procmailrc file in its home directory, and would that solve
the problem?

Should I not use procmail for local delivery?

Why is procmail set up for local delivery?


Thanks for any help,

Justin.

Re: Procmail for fetchmail and local MDA

#3538

Author: Nick Andrew
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:00

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In <350e577e.232540@news.hunterlink.net.au> jcooksey@hunterlink.net.au (Justin S. Cooksey) writes:

>I am using RedHat Linux 5.0, which uses procmail as the local delivery
>agent. I am getting mail from my ISP using fetchmail with procmail as
>the delivery agent. Basically I want to set up a few rules to sort
>mail amongst some users on the Linux system. Any message that dosn't
>fit those rules gets passed to root.

>However if I create a .procmailrc file in /root for when I pickup mail
>the same .procmailrc file will be used for the local delivery and the
>mail gets stuck in a never ending loop.

So don't use root as your filter destination.

It sounds like all your inbound mail (as picked up from fetchmail) is
going to root and being processed by procmail there; all you have to do
is filter your mail at that point and any message which does not pass
your rules gets sent to a mailbox other than root.

Nick.
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Re: Procmail for fetchmail and local MDA

#3537

Author: Boris Boehlen
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 00:00

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Hi,
> >I am using RedHat Linux 5.0, which uses procmail as the local delivery
> >agent. I am getting mail from my ISP using fetchmail with procmail as
> >the delivery agent. Basically I want to set up a few rules to sort
> >mail amongst some users on the Linux system. Any message that dosn't
> >fit those rules gets passed to root.
> 
> >However if I create a .procmailrc file in /root for when I pickup mail
> >the same .procmailrc file will be used for the local delivery and the
> >mail gets stuck in a never ending loop.
My solution was to setup a single user dedicated to fetch and sort the
mails. This user has its own fetchmailrc and procmailrc. Additionaly
this user should not get any mails. That's it.

Bye
	Boris

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