From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 30 00:58:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEAB21065672 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:58:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ckern1@roadrunner.com) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 766A48FC18 for ; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:58:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=R_4_8qS_AAAA:8 a=doupyKFmAAAA:8 a=Hb1hyGKJDCLqUSMf4uAA:9 a=oXRqGU7oPub9rv15Na0A:7 a=30nrv3drkmcxjsWqpwOQXFPOTn0A:4 a=rasnAZ4BSVMA:10 a=kLQ54MB0OY8A:10 a=0vUscowIxtUA:10 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 74.71.116.173 Received: from [74.71.116.173] ([74.71.116.173:29538] helo=localhost) by cdptpa-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id B7/71-02041-334836B4; Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:58:27 +0000 Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:58:27 -0500 From: Clayton Scott Kern To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20100130005827.GA9189@reddwarf.local> References: <20100129195934.GA66728@reddwarf.local> <20100129212910.GA90705@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100129212910.GA90705@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Subject: Re: Sendmail & Procmail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:58:28 -0000 on 01-29-2010, David Kelly wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:59:34PM -0500, Clayton Scott Kern wrote: > > I just upgraded to FBSD 8.0 from 6.4 and I'm having a problem with > > sendmail passing email to procmail. I only use this combination for > > email from root's cron jobs. Right now emails to me from cron go to > > /var/mail/ckern1. > > [...] > > > I created the cf file using make cf, then make install and make > > restart. > > OK, but did the procmail enhancements make it in the generated .cf file? > > > What have I missed. This is the same setup on 6.4 and it worked fine. > > If making procmail available (or mandatory) for all users I can see > justification for what you are trying. But for just one user why not > keep it simple with a "|/usr/local/bin/procmail" in /etc/aliases? > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net > ======================================================================== > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. I aliased root to me and now it works. Thank you for the tip. I set up sendmail this way years ago, before I discovered fetchmail, procmail, getmail & maildrop. I would like to get away from sendmail or any other MTA for that matter, but never found solution for handling the emails generated by the system. -- Clayton Scott Kern ckern1@roadrunner.com Finally, brethern, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything wothy of praise, dwell on these things. Phil 4:8 NASB