Re: problems with procmail and postfix

On Monday 10 May 2004 17:53, Ted Frohling, Ted Frohling=20
<tsf@ms.Telcom.Arizona.EDU> wrote:
> I'm having a terrible time getting procmail to interoperate with postfix
> for the delivery of mail using user specific .procmailrc files.
>
> Actually, I can't get postfix to deliver them with procmail in any
> way, regardless of the existance of the ~/$USER?.procmailrc file or
> not. If I use:
> mailbox_command =3D /usr/bin/procmail or
> mailbox_command =3D /usr/bin/procmail -a "$EXTENSION" or
> mailbox_command =3D /usr/bin/procmail -f- -a "$USER" or
>
> in the main.cf file
>
> or
>
> "|IFS=3D' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #tsf"
>
> in the user's .forward file

Try this.

In main.cf :

mailbox_command =3D

In the .forward file for a single user :

"|/usr/bin/procmail"

In ~/.procmailrc :

Use a simple procmail recipe such as those in the procmail docs.

If this works, then the procmailrc you are currently using or the manner in=
=20
which you are calling procmail is the culprit.

I wish I could recall more, but it has been some time since I used procmail.
=2D-=20
Robin Lynn Frank
Director of Operations, Paradigm-Omega, LLC
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
=46rom the Room-Full-of-Monkeys Typing Pool:
One size never fits all.