On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 13:47, JoeHill wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:38:33 -0400
> Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You should write that recipe as:
> >
> > :0
> > * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > /var/spool/mail/joehill
> >
> > From man procmailrc:
> > =======
> > A line starting with ':' marks the beginning of a recipe. It has the
> > following format:
> >
> > :0 [flags] [ : [locallockfile] ]
> > <zero or more conditions (one per line)>
> > <exactly one action line>
> > =======
> >
> > So it looks like the recipe is waiting for an answer from
> > /var/spool/mail/joehill.
>
> I've been following the format I originally snagged from Stephen K.'s site:
> http://thor.prohosting.com/~kilgoret/files/procmailrc
>
> So that my recipe file looks like this:
>
> :0
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> {
> :0:
> /var/spool/mail/joehill
> }
>
> :0
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> {
> :0:
> /var/spool/mail/joehill
> }
>
> :0
> * !^Message-Id
> {
> :0
> $MAILDIR/spam
> }
>
> :0
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> {
> :0
> /dev/null
> }
>
> :0
> * ^Subject:.*joehill
> {
> :0
> $MAILDIR/spam
> }
>
> :0
> * ^Subject:.hi$
> {
> :0
> $MAILDIR/spam
> }
>
> :0
> * ^Message-Id:.*<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> {
> :0
> $MAILDIR/spam
> }
>
> :0 B
> * .*viagra
> {
> :0
> /dev/null
> }
>
> as you can see, I added a lock (":") to the rules which forward to
> /var/spool/mail/joehill, as I think what was happening was if I got two mails
> both trying to write to there, it was timing out. Since adding the lock, I don't
> seem to be having any probs, but I'll keep an eye on it.
>
> I've been reading everything I can get my hands on for Procmail, esp the list
> archives, and I'm *beginning*, I think, to understand the concept of the
> lock, among other things.
>
> Cheers!
I don't see the point of having something that does nothing. Rewriting
the recipe the way I wrote it does the same thing as using the recipe
with {} and a second ":0".
I really respect Stephen's knowledge but in this case I don't see any
point in having a recipe like:
:0
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* ^Subject:.*
{
:0
/dev/null
}
which translates into: if the message is coming from any body at
fc.emc.com.ph *and* the subject is any thing, send it to /dev/null. To
me, the subject line is adding no value to the recipe.
Take a look at "man procmailex" (procmailrc examples), specially at the
second example, and see how they avoid using unneeded {}.
Wow, you made me read some stuffs before posting a reply :-)
Saludos,
--
Adolfo A. Bello B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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