Will this work?? The man page says nothing about /etc/procmailrc. On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, quaylar wrote: > At 12:14 31.10.2001 -0800, you wrote: > >Thanks to the help I've gotten from this list, I'm > >configuring fetchmail and procmail to retrieve and > >sort my incoming mail. I'm on a single-user machine > >runing 8.1. > > > >The fetchmail part was easy, and I think I have an > >idea of how to write procmail recipe. My question is, > >where do I put the .procmailrc ? > > > >I'm sorting mail in order to put it into different > >Mail folders in different home directories. I have > >fetchmail running as a daemon. It dumps the mail into > >/var/spool/mail/paul. Depending on the "To:" field, > >I'm going to move the mail to either my home directory > >or my wife's. > > > >According to what I've been reading, Linux invokes > >procmail if it finds the .procmailrc file in the > >logged-in user's home directory. But, since I'm moving > >mail into different home directories, I need procmail > >to be run by root, even though either myself or my > >wife will be the logged in user. How do I do this and > >where do I put the .procmailrc file? > > > put it in /etc/procmailrc (without the leading ".") > this will make the file globally used..... > > --quay > > > > > >-Paul "I can type 'man' really fast now" Schwebel > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > >http://personals.yahoo.com > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > -- Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu
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