* Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-08 16:10]: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:51:22 -1000, Marc Adler wrote: > > > > No, read up in "man fetchmail" on how to specify the target user > > > in the config file, e.g. with "is marc". But fetchmail is mighty > > > with regard to config options, so there are several ways. > > > > Actually... > > > > ------------- > > set daemon 60 > > > > poll mail.adlerpacific.com > > proto pop3 > > user ??? > > pass ??? > > is marc > > and wants mda "/usr/bin/formail -ds /usr/bin/procmail" > > fetchall > > ------------- > > > > This is the content of both my /etc/fetchmailrc and ~/.fetchmailrc > > files. "is marc" was already there. > > > > Any ideas? > > Specifying a custom MDA such as in your case is dangerous. For > instance, if your disk is full, procmail has no way to bounce a > message. You would lose mail. Additionally, you override the default > delivery mechanism (local sendmail) and hence lose the target user > "marc" setting. Since you run fetchmail as root, formail and procmail > process the messages for root. As I've recommended earlier, run > fetchmail manually to debug your config file. Unless it works, don't > even consider running it in daemon mode. You probably need > to add procmail option "-d marc" if you insist on using procmail > as the MDA. > > As a side-note: if at all, I would move the formail "digest-split" > into marc's ~/.procmailrc rule file.
I understand about 50% of that explanation. (Did someone say "newbie"?) I found this recipe file on the web and used it because it works if I start fetchmail up manually. The problems started after trying to implement the startup script. Now that I look at it closely, I don't even know what "formail" is. I want to keep using procmail, because it does such a good job of sorting my messages. I suppose it's just fortuitous that my ~/.procmailrc file works at all, thanks to this random file I found on the web. Is there a way to change this recipe file to use procmail without the problems you mentioned (overriding the "is marc", etc.)? -- Marc Adler -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
