Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:36:29 +0100 From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting Perl scripts to work as mail filters Message-ID: <OE23jCjWEF0HG0anlzm0000055a@hotmail.com> References: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKGEGLKHAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> <OE31qwso6EsEWo2q0LZ00004187@hotmail.com> <200212182250.GBIMOPT39354@asarian-host.net> <OE51Z9rWjAKYVpMmOlb00005e1f@hotmail.com> <20021219081443.GB80493@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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I finally got it to work by piping to sendmail. Seems to be adequate for what I want to do. Now all I have to do is design my patented, foolproof methodology for distinguishing spam from real mail so that I can encode the rules in the script. There must be a way! Also, this may allow me to do something about getting rid of HTML in mail, which I can't stand. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 09:14 Subject: Re: Getting Perl scripts to work as mail filters > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 01:13:17AM +0100, Mxsmanic wrote: > > What about appending directly to the mailbox file under /var/mail/$USER with > > the script? It looks like the format of the file is very simple. Why > > wouldn't that work? I've tried writing to it, but I can't, at least not > > when the script runs from the aliases file (works fine when I run it myself, > > though). > > mail.local(8) is probably what you want to use to do that. However > your main problem will be getting sendmail to setuid() to the required > user before calling the mymail script. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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