From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 1 01:31:49 2011 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 08B23106566B for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2011 01:31:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo101.cox.net (eastrmfepo101.cox.net [68.230.241.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989CE8FC0C for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2011 01:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo109.cox.net ([68.230.241.222]) by eastrmfepo101.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20111001013142.SHFF3814.eastrmfepo101.cox.net@eastrmimpo109.cox.net> for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:31:42 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.86.236]) by eastrmimpo109.cox.net with bizsmtp id fDXi1h00155wwzE02DXi2Y; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:31:42 -0400 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020204.4E866D7E.00BE,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=6rx5rrop0B/3XsMRrR1KrzZMeFjRjT2p3ZIkrGo5W8Y= c=1 sm=1 a=iRCEOZejkgsA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:17 a=s1O25tkdAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=8wAPVPP0h44FKvZfJ9cA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=OyOq_G8mXAEA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p911Vf1D057509 for ; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:31:41 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:31:36 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110930203136.31505a64@cox.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20110930173713.1c37396f@cox.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: maildrop logging overwriting instead of appending 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, 01 Oct 2011 01:31:49 -0000 On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:16:17 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > > Ok, I finally took the plunge today and converted my .procmailrc > > into a .mailfilter, adjusted my .forward file, and am now, for the > > most part, a contented new maildrop user. :-) > > > > Just one problem: on each invocation of maildrop, the logfile is > > being overwritten, rather than appended to. > > > > I have the following in my .mailfilter file (this is outside of any > > specific filtering rule): > > > > logfile "Mail/maildrop.log" > > Maybe use an absolute path like "~/Mail/maildrop.log" or > "$HOME/Mail/maildrop.log"? Well, I'll try that. The Mail/maildrop.log *is* being written to, but I've only seen at most a single delivery noted in it each time I've looked. Kinda weird. Let me see if an absolute path will somehow make a difference... -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net