From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 10 16:46:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA15441 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 16:46:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA15365 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 16:46:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA04592; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 19:46:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.45.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id TAA00943; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 19:46:19 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 19:47:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org To: Brett Taylor cc: Questions=answers Subject: Re: Using the .forward file and procmail... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Brett Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Spidey wrote: > > > I'm unable to use procmail correctly. I wrote a .forward file in my home > > looking like this: > > > > "| /usr/local/bin/procmail USER=beaupran" > > >From the examples/man pages, it needs to look like (at least mine works > this way!): > > peloton: {2} more .forward > "|IFS=' '&&p=/usr/local/bin/procmail&&test -f $p&&exec $p -Yf-||exit 75" I tried to put this straight into my .forward file, and it's not working... there are some things that I don't understand, like the $p, the -YF-, and why there is a p= before procmail... Anyways, th email is still stuck in the sendmail queue. I don't know what's going on... > > Brett > *********************************************************** > Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu > http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ > > How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a light > bulb? Zero. They declared Darkness[tm] the standard. > Spidey ________________________________________ | Imagine a good steak (8 oz)... | | | | Then imagine 45 to 50 persons sitting | | around you with there plate empty. | | | | Then remember that you could replace | | your meat by enough cereal to feed all | | these 50 persons... | | | | Think of it twice when you'll feed your| | belly with sick meat. | | | | Source: Small diet for a small planet, | | 1980, Frances Moore. | \----------------------------------------/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message