Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:30:52 +0100 From: Martin Karlsson <martin.karlsson@visit.se> To: Eric Cheney <cheney@soc.umass.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: procmail setup troubles Message-ID: <20011113213052.B4165@foo31-249.visit.se> In-Reply-To: <20011112084516.A15805@sociostat.org>; from cheney@soc.umass.edu on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 08:45:16AM -0500 References: <20011112084516.A15805@sociostat.org>
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* Eric Cheney (cheney@soc.umass.edu) wrote: > > > Hi folks. I can't get procmail to filter mail. Here's the story. > I'm migrating mail from a debian box to my FreeBSD box. I simply stole > the .fetchmailrc and .procmailrc files from the debian box and put them in > the home directory of the FreeBSD box. Both of these files were fully > functional with the debian box, so I think they are ok. > Then I installed procmail using the ports collection... Finally I made a > .forward file with the line "|exec /usr/local/bin/procmail || exit 75" .... > I put this .forward file in my home directory. > > With this setup procmail just loses all incoming mail, and some mail > is not even fetched because it says it cannot resolve the domain > of the sender. > > What am I doing wrong? Any ideas out there? Well, just in case, what are your permissions for your .forward file? They should be (at least they work for me ;)): -rw-r--r-- Good luck, -- ------------------------------------------------ Martin Karlsson martin.karlsson@visit.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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