On Wednesday 19 Feb 2003 22:00, Derek Jennings wrote: > SNIP > > > Derek > > Thanks for the reply (and Tod and Greg). I created a ~/.procmailrc > > file similar to yours but > > without spamassassin and am now using the procmail lockfile I defined > > in my home directory, so this has solved my problem. > > > > However I am intrigued by how procmail works, in order to get mail > > transferred into the default folder I defined I need the last two > > lines you quote ie:- > > > > :0:$LOCKFILE > > > > $DEFAULT > > > > But none of the examples in man procmail seem to include this and the > > comments imply that everything left at the end goes to $DEFAULT by er! > > default. > > Am I missing something? > > Procmail recipes are wondrously arcane. It took me days to get my head > around even the simplest. Once I had something that worked I did not > attempt to cut out redundant bits. > > To analyse these two lines :- > > The leading ':0' delineates the start of a recipe > The next ':' tells procmail to set the lockfile. > Next comes the name of the lockfile. If no name is given the default > lockfile is assumed, so I did not really have to explicitly name it. > > The next line would normally contain the filter this recipe is testing > against, but since this is the default action no test is required, and > we go straight on to the action which is to put the mail in the $DEFAULT > mailbox. > > Another example recipe is :- > > :0 : $LOCKFILE > > * ^To:.*@linux-mandrake.com > $NEWBIE > > This says " Set the lockfile, scan the mail looking for a newline > followed by 'To:' with any number of characters following then > '@linux-mandrake.com'. If this filter is met put the mail in NEWBIE > folder. > > > derek Thanks I'll keep trying -- Regards
Pete Ardnamurchan Scotland
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