Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:20:17 -0400 From: parv <parv_fm@nospammail.net> To: Dave <morbiddk@insensible.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: procmail and .forward woes Message-ID: <20020826002017.GA84755@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020825022823.A13293@limpid.insensible.net> References: <20020825022823.A13293@limpid.insensible.net>
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do wrap lines around 69 or so characters to give me no incentive to ignore your mail otherwise. in message <20020825022823.A13293@limpid.insensible.net>, wrote Dave thusly... > > ... This is more of a procmail / .forward problem than an > application problem. > > My .forward file looks as such: > > "|/usr/local/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #morbiddk@insensible.net" > > ... .procmailrc ... > > :0fw > | /home/morbiddk/bin/SpamAssassin/spamassassin -P -c /home/morbiddk/bin/SpamAssassin/rules ... > on my FreeBSD machine I get 2 messages, one is the actual message > sent and the other is a Mail Delivery System failure message. The > contents of one of these failed messages is as follows: > > Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender > This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim). > > A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its > recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: > > pipe to |/usr/local/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #morbiddk@insensible.net > generated by morbiddk@insensible.net after setting up procmail to be run via .forward, i was also getting the similar messages from sendmail. below is what i have in my .forward... "|exec /usr/local/bin/procmail -f- /home/parv/.procmailrc || exit 75#parv" ...try specifying the .procmailrc. somebody more knowledge should tell us the exact problem & solution. > The following text was generated during the delivery attempt: > > ------ pipe to |/usr/local/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #morbiddk@insensible.net > generated by morbiddk@insensible.net ------ > > procmail: Couldn't read "/home/morbiddk/||" when i received these messages (from sendmail) i didn't read upto here. ( for one-two days i remain bewildered. then i installed postfix, rebuilt alias database, fiddled w/ .forward, & problem went away. that is not to say those were/are the exact steps to solve the issue; it just happens to be that way for me. ) - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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