> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 28 09:51:49 2003 > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:46:11AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Colin Watson wrote: > [somebody broke attributions] > > > > #Move flagged spam into the bottomless Unix pit. > > > > :0: > > > > * ^X-Spam-Flag: YES > > > > /dev/null > > > > > > :0: says to use a locallockfile, which by default is the destination > > > filename with $LOCKEXT appended, and you won't be able to write to > > > /dev/null.lock. Try ':0:$HOME/.procmail.spam-lock' or something instead. > > > > Better yet don't lock it at all, /dev/null really does not care if two > > processes write to it at once. > > Obviously I need more coffee :-) > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I have heard that it is a bad idea to use lockfiles with /dev/null in procmail. The source was more than credible but couldn't remember why.... Alan -- For Linux/Bash users: Eliminate spam from your life with the Mailbox-Sentry-Program. See the thread MSP on comp.mail.misc for the latest version. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]