[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 11:31:34PM -0800, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: >> > A very large file in >> > /var/mail was created instead. Any idea? >> >> That would be the default delivery. >> Your procmail file should end with this >> >> :0 >> /dev/null >> >> to prevent that. > > Won't that lose mail if any recipe fails?
It would if this were procmail being used as a mail delivery agent. Here we are using formail and procmail together to pluck individual messages out of an Inbox file. The mail has already been delivered. We're sorting it post-delivery. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]