Hello, The problem was due to the fact that i had backed up my .procmailrc file to a cd and then copied it back from there. this added a "^M" character at the end of each line which was not visible in either gvim or vim. this is a problem that can also happen if you edit the file in windblows or ftp it from a windows machine (i guess). anyway, it's solved now. thanks to all who pitched in, esp. Dileep and Rajesh. this is a problem that could happen to anyone and is really frusterating to debug. anyone who uses procmail should IMHO be aware that this could crop up.
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