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Date:      Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:43:25 -0500
From:      "Gerald T. Freymann" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        "Eric Cheney" <cheney@soc.umass.edu>, <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org>
Subject:   Re: procmail setup troubles
Message-ID:  <00dd01c16ba9$e9d9ba90$0f01a8c0@phantom>
References:  <20011112084516.A15805@sociostat.org> <20011112181601.GB53398@keyslapper.org>

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> Keep in mind that  procmail is only a filter agent.  It will never see
> incoming mail unless you hand it off  to procmail. This is done by the
> MTA, or Mail Transfer Agent. Probably Sendmail.

 Yes, that is ONE way of doing it, but as the original poster indicated,
you can also hand off email to procmail by using the .forward method.

 I think he is using the wrong syntax.

 See:  http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/

 That sight goes over the set-up quite nicely.

-gf




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