* JP Bruns <emailj...@gmx.de> [02-05-09 10:07]: > Patrick [05.Feb.2009 15:19]: > >* Patrick Shanahan <ptilopt...@gmail.com> [02-05-09 09:08]: > >> > >>No, you do not *need* postfix, but your MDA *must* deliver to procmail > >>in some manner. You may process the mail with procmail: > >> formail -ds procmail -m <recipe.file> <mail.file> > >> formail -ds procmail <mail.file> > >> > >>The crux is that the MDA *must* deliver to procmail. > >> > > Do you mean MTA or MUA? I thought procmail would be the MDA.
procmail, in this case would be the LDA, local delivery agent, and MUA would be the mail user agent, aka email client > >On further thought, or whatever that process should be called, the > >above is not entirely true. It is quite possible to accept the mail > >whereever your MDA places it, I assume it is consistent and in one > >place, and run a cron job to have that place/file processed via > >procmail and delivered to *different* location/file. Then just don't > >access the location that the MDA delivers with your email client. > > Well, I am not sure if I do get your point, but why not just tell the > program, whos output you like to get, to direct all such traffic to a > script? rather to procmail, no need for a script then. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org
