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Date:      Sat, 26 Jun 1999 19:00:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>
To:        "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-ISP <FreeBSD-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: sendmail relaying
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906261859060.53344-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990626184754.A26099@emu.sourcee.com>

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On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Norman C. Rice wrote:

> > I thank all you guys who showed me what to do!  Could I press one step
> > further, and ask how I get procmail wired in, so that I can use
> > automated filtering based upon some net database like the realtime
> > blackhole list?  I use Pine as my MTA, and I don't want to change that,
> > but I'm not sure how to shoehorn procmail into that.
> 
> I am a bit confused because I thought you were using sendmail
> as your MTA.

I am, and I goofed above, I meant MUA, not MTA.  I thought that the rbl
thing was only for relaying, not filtering incoming mail.

 If your question is how to use procmail as your
> local delivery agent (MDA), then just add the following to the 
> m4 configuration file (freebsd.mc or your customized one).
> 
>  FEATURE(local_procmail)dnl
> 
> Add your system wide recipes to /usr/local/etc/procmailrc.
> 
> Sendmail will use the RBL if you remove the leading `dnl' 
> from the
> 
>  dnl FEATURE(rbl)dnl
> 
> line in /usr/src/sendmail/freebsd.mc.

Thanks, Norman.

> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Norman C. Rice, Jr.
> 
> > 
> > ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> > Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
> > chuckr@picnic.mat.net       | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
> > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1  |
> > Greenbelt, MD 20770         | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current.
> > (301) 220-2114              | 
> > ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
> 

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Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
chuckr@picnic.mat.net       | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1  |
Greenbelt, MD 20770         | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current.
(301) 220-2114              | 
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