From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 24 06:32:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 286D216A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:32:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6507C43D3F for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:32:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i2OEWWt2023073 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:32:32 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i2OEWW6F023072; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:32:32 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:32:32 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Wayne K9DI Message-ID: <20040324143231.GB12160@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Wayne K9DI , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040324141721.GA31880@a.k9di.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040324141721.GA31880@a.k9di.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040316, clamav-milter version 0.67l cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Procmail help please X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:32:45 -0000 --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 02:17:21PM +0000, Wayne K9DI wrote: > Wayne K9DI & Leader Dog Patriot here. I am writing to ask for some help= =2E =20 > I was reading a procmail quickstart guide (by Nancy McGough) and I got to= the part=20 > about the .forward file. The guide stated that most modern systems don't= use=20 > .forward so my question is do I need a .forward file on system running Fr= eeBSD=20 > 5.2? =20 It depends on how you configure your mail system. If you use what is provided by default -- sendmail(8) as the MTA, mail.local(1) as the MDA, then running procmail(1) via a .forward file should just work. However, most people wishing to use procmail will set it up as the standard mail delivery agent -- for sendmail, all you need to do is add: FEATURE(local_procmail)dnl to your `hostname`.mc file and build and install a sendmail configuration from that. If you do that, then all of the mail delivered on your system will be processed by procmail automatically, and all you need is a ~/.procmailrc file containing your procmail recipes (procmail will just deliver to the default mailbox if there isn't a ~/.procmailrc). There are usually similar ways of making procmail the default delivery agent for other MTAs -- there's plenty of HOWTOs and other information available if you search the net. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAYZv/dtESqEQa7a0RAo3WAJ0eYwyTWv4eKM4OFCBvrgwfXibT3wCZAQXc gyjPS42jtxEwmFMsFYC0EGI= =d9p2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4--