I made some modifications to the homedir files:
$HOME/.qmail now has
| preline /usr/bin/procmail -m /home/joe/.procmailrc
(the -m file was previously mis-named)
and $HOME/.procmailrc has
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
ORGMAIL=$HOME/Mailbox
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
DEFAULT=$HOME/Mailbox #completely optional
LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log
Does this mean I have to have these two files in
every home directory!? And does it also mean that any
user can screw his mail up by accidentally deleting
these files? I have to say, though this works, I'm not
particularly comfortable with it...
Joe
--- Joe Janitor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having trouble with qmail and procmail. I've
> read
> the FAQ and the list archives, but am still unsure
> what
> to do. I'm using a Linux RedHat 6.2 system.
>
> installed qmail.
> outgoing mail works.
> incoming mail (from outside) bounces (unknown user)
> local mail won't be delivered, i.e....
> when I try (from the machine in question):
> $ mail joe
> Subject: testing
> testing
> .
> Cc:
> $
>
> I end up with /var/spool/mail/joe (a symlink to
> /home/joe/Mailbox) being
> renamed as BOGUS.joe.1jLB and a new FILE called
> /var/spool/mail/joe
> containing the "testing" message.
>
> I read in INSTALL.mbox the following:
> A few mail programs are unable to handle symbolic
> links, so you will
> have to configure them to look at ~user/Mailbox
> directly:
> * procmail: Change SYSTEM_MBOX in config.h and
> recompile; or, with
> recent versions, define MAILSPOOLHOME in
> src/authenticate.c.
>
> but I don't know where to find config.h or
> authenticate.c... do I have to download the procmail
> source and recompile after these edits? (There has
> to
> be an easier way!)
>
> I tried adding ~joe/.qmail-test1 containing:
> |preline procmail -m /home/awilber/.procmailrc
> and ~joe/.procmail containing
> PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
> ORGMAIL=$HOME/Mailbox
> MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
> DEFAULT=$HOME/Mailbox #completely optional
> LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log
>
> this didn't work.
>
> I'm lost.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
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