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- From: rc@mithras (Roger Corron)
- Subject: Re: MH with procmail (instead of slocal)?
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 02:41:49 GMT
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- The environment variable DEFAULT controls which maildrop receives
- unprocessed mail.Simply set DEFAULT=/usr/spool/me in your .procmailrc.
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- I've been using procmail for a couple of months. No problems. Good
- results.
-
- Roger Corron The usual disclaimers apply
- rc@sgi.com
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- Peter Marvit (marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu) wrote:
- : I'm looking into procmail as the most full-features replacement to
- : slocal. I admit to be a bit timid for empirically testing its full
- : capabilities, however.
- :
- : Specifically, how can I get procmail to drop unprocessed mail back into
- : the normal mail drop (/usr/spool/me) rather than filing in some local
- : folder? That is, the default action of slocal is to put unprocessed mail
- : (i.e., which doesn't match any previous rule) back into the normal
- : maildrop so I can "inc" it normally.
- :
- : Otherwise, procmail looks much more robust and flexible than slocal.
- :
- : -Peter "puzzled" Marvit
- :
- : --
- : : Peter Marvit <marvit@cattell.psych.upenn.edu> :
- : : Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania :
- : : 3815 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 w:215/898-9208 h:215/387-6433 :
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