On Monday 05 February 2007 15:44, Don Gould wrote: > I think the permissions fixed half the problem, but it's still not > working quite right. > > Now my problem is I'm not getting enough mail thru [1] to be able to > test it.
You've not told us exactly what you added to the file that screwed it up. Back out the changes one by one. And if your editor is changing file permissions, ditch it! Sounds very dangerous. > > I've flicked back to MS XP because it's the best [2] test platform for > this sort of problem. > I assume you have to be awake to press send, even in windows, The best way to diagnose the problem is to bet procmail to verbosely log and then tail -f the log file. > Cheers Don > > [1] [2] - not that I'm suggesting anyone on this list is a troll [3]. > > [3] - execpt of course those who can't spell. > > Don Gould wrote: > > Just discovered that the mdv2007 tool I was using to edit the file set > > the permissions to root only. Suspect the mail system couldn't read it. > > > > Now just waiting for some mail so I can see it working. > > > > Cheers Don > > > > Don Gould wrote: > >> Can anyone see what I've done wrong? > >> > >> I added a bunch of new items at the top of the file and now all my > >> mail is ending up in my inbox. > >> > >> LOGFILE=/home/don/procmail.log > >> > >> VERBOSE=on > >> > >> MAILDIR=$HOME/mail > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*lists\.wellylug\.org\.nz > >> LUGS > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> LUGS > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> LUGS > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*lists\.netfilter\.org > >> NetFilter > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Lists > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*lists\.thekelleys\.org\.uk > >> Lists > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> LUGS > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*eclipse\.org > >> Lists > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*nzoss\.org\.nz > >> NZOSS > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Asterisk > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> CLUG > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*LISTSERV\.CANTERBURY\.AC\.NZ > >> CLUG > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^Subject:.*test > >> TEST > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^Subject:.****SPAM*** > >> Trash > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^Subject:.*\[SPAM-Bowenvale\] > >> Trash > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^Subject:.*\[Beestings\] > >> Lists > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*procmail@ > >> Lists > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^From:.*seek\.co\.nz > >> Jobs > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^From:.*trademe\.co\.nz > >> TradeMe > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^Subject:.*\[webmin-l\] > >> Webmin > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^Subject:.*\[Soekris\] > >> Soekris > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^Subject:.*\[IP\] > >> IP > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> IPCop > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> PPTP > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> PPTP > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*nznog* > >> NZ_Nog > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Mambo > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ADSL > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> CLUG > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*nanog* > >> NA_Nog > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):.*gnuz* > >> CLUG > >> > >> :0 > >> > >> * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> LARTC > >> > >> # :0 > >> # * ^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> # IP\ > >> > >> # :0 > >> # * ^(To|Cc):.*webadmin* > >> # Webmin\ > >> > >> # :0 > >> # * ^(To|Cc):.*soekris* > >> # Soekris > >> > >> # :0 > >> # $MAILDIR/
