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Date:      Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:29:10 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        Clayton Scott Kern <ckern1@roadrunner.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sendmail & Procmail
Message-ID:  <20100129212910.GA90705@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100129195934.GA66728@reddwarf.local>
References:  <20100129195934.GA66728@reddwarf.local>

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On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:59:34PM -0500, Clayton Scott Kern wrote:
> I just upgraded to FBSD 8.0 from 6.4 and I'm having a problem with
> sendmail passing email to procmail.  I only use this combination for
> email from root's cron jobs.  Right now emails to me from cron go to
> /var/mail/ckern1.

[...]

> I created the cf file using make cf, then make install and make
> restart.

OK, but did the procmail enhancements make it in the generated .cf file?

> What have I missed.  This is the same setup on 6.4 and it worked fine.

If making procmail available (or mandatory) for all users I can see
justification for what you are trying. But for just one user why not
keep it simple with a "|/usr/local/bin/procmail" in /etc/aliases?

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



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