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Date:      Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:48:16 +0200
From:      Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be>
To:        "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [OT] fetchmail, procmail and mutt (oh my!)
Message-ID:  <20040701074816.GA97086@lori.mine.nu>
In-Reply-To: <200406302146.31818.algould@datawok.com>
References:  <200406302146.31818.algould@datawok.com>

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> Problem:
> If I put 'mda /usr/local/bin/procmail' in the .fetchmailrc lines, 
> procmail puts the emails in the correct mbox files; but mutt complains 
> that the files are not valid email files and refuses to read them.

Make it 'mda "/usr/local/bin/procmail -d %T"' and it'll work fine.
Without the -d paramater, procmail just appends the mail to your mbox,
without inserting a From-line ontop.  If your mail goes from fetchmail
via sendmail to procmail, then sendmail will take care of the From-line.
If your mail goes from fetchmail to procmail directly (as you instructed
with the mda command), procmail must do it.  It's told to do so with -d
%T.  

GH



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