Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:57:59 -0500 (EST) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: Tor Stormwall <tor@agent.creson.com> Cc: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Regarding Procmail on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011222145618.B85100-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20011222203644.B25613-100000@bossen.myhome.my>
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Tor Stormwall wrote:
>
> > 1. You do have a directory ~/mail?
> Yes. I'm using Pine.
>
> >
> > > # Accept all the rest to your default mailbox
> > > :0:
> > > Inbox
> >
> > 2. You do have an mbox-file or a maildir called Inbox in aforementioned?
> I have a ~/mail/Inbox file.
>
>
> The thing is that I'm trying to filter all my incoming mail to
> Inbox at first so I really know that procmail is working properly. Then
> add filters for mailinglists etc.
>
> I changed .procmailrc so it included the variable DEFAULT, like this:
>
> HOME=/home/tor
> SHELL=/bin/sh #Use the Bourne shell (check your path!)
> MAILDIR=${HOME}/mail #First check what your mail directory is!
> LOGFILE=${HOME}/procmail.log
> LOG="--- Logging ${LOGFILE} for ${LOGNAME}, "
> DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/Inbox
>
> # Accept all the rest to your default mailbox
> :0:
> $DEFAULT
>
> Still it wont filter my mail. Instead they disapear.
Hi Tor,
Don't know if it's a Pine thing or what, but I changed my default
folder from "Inbox" to "mbox" and it worked. Couldn't delete the Inbox folder
as it's a default folder which is sort of irritating, but it works. Maybe
someone else has a more elegant solution.
Dru
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