Check the permissions too. If I remember correctly, it needs chmod 710 or something like that, or it won't work. > On 20010830.1129, Tim Howe said ... > > If I use a .forward like this, will procmail look for /etc/procmailrc if > it doesn't find the file specified? > > TimH > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Patrick R. Wade > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2579] Re: procmailrc > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 11:02:49AM -0700, Tim Howe wrote: > > >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >I already know that it is reading the system-wide rc file > > first through > > >a simular experiment. The section of the manpage that seems > > to support > > >this is the following: > > ><quote> > > >If no rcfiles and no -p have been specified on the command line, > > >procmail will, _prior_ to reading $HOME/.procmailrc, > > interpret commands > > >from /etc/procmailrc (if present).... > > ></quote> > > > > > >But the man page says -p is to Preserve any old environment. > > >Not sure what that is getting at, so I didn't test it. > > > > Hm; looking further at that and at the synopsis in the > > beginning of the > > manpage, it seems to me that you can specify your .procmailrc on the > > command line, so that the "If" condition is not met (i.e., an rcfile > > is specified, so the /etc/procmailrc is not read first). > > > > >> >This is my .forward > > >> >---- > > >> >"|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/local/bin/procmail -f $p&&exec $p > > >> -Yf-||exit 75 > > >> >#thowe" > > > > This would then be > > > > "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/local/bin/procmail $HOME/.procmailrc > > ||exit 75 #thowe" > > > > > > You lose some of the rewrite code, but i believe you can put > > it into the > > .procmailrc file; or you could experiment with gradually > > adding it back. > > > > -- > > "If my son wants to be a pimp when he grows up, that's fine > > with me. I > > hope he's a good one and enjoys it and doesn't get caught. > > I'll support > > him in this. But if he wants to be a network administrator, > > he's out of > > the house and not part of my family." Steve Wozniak, > http://www.woz.org -- Rob <rob_at_euglug_dot_net> my @euglugCode = qw(v+++ e--- eug+ bsd+++ gnu+ S+++);
