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how to get fetch/procmail working as a daemon...

here's fetchmail:
# .fetchmailrc  1/16/98
poll mailer.cia-g.com
        protocol pop3
        user dmallery
        pass ??????
        mda "/usr/bin/procmail -f-"
        fetchall

ane here's procmail:

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from
DEFAULT=Amisc

:0
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
deb-user

:0
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
deb-changes

:0
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
seti
[snip]

there are at least two considerations:
1) locking and 2) $HOME

does it suffice to simply use the :0: construct on each of 
the filters in procmailrc?? what about Amisc, my default?
i can't find any evidence that pine is setting any locks
(at least not the xxxx.lock variety).  if i make an xxxx.lock
file in /mail, then pine does hold off opening that folder...

if the fetchmail/procmail runs as a daemon, started by ppp.up
then will i not have to make the $HOME reference explicit to
my account (and the location of my /mail directory?) since 
ppp.up (i think) is started as root...

i've really tried to track this one down... i hate to lose mail
and that's what happened last time i tackled this.

thanks mucho

dave






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Dave Mallery, K5EN
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