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/xlv1/freeware/1998.Oct/procmail/3.11pre7/procmail-3.11pre7.diffbuild/new PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE procmail - autonomous mail processor SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll [----ppppttttooooYYYY] [----ffff _f_r_o_m_w_h_o_m] [_p_a_r_a_m_e_t_e_r====_v_a_l_u_e | _r_c_f_i_l_e] ... pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll [----ttttooooYYYY] [----ffff _f_r_o_m_w_h_o_m] [----aaaa _a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t] ----dddd _r_e_c_i_p_i_e_n_t ... pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll [----ppppttttYYYY] ----mmmm [_p_a_r_a_m_e_t_e_r====_v_a_l_u_e] ... _r_c_f_i_l_e [_a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t] ... pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll ----vvvv DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN For a quick start, see NNNNOOOOTTTTEEEESSSS at the end. PPPPrrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll should be invoked automatically over the ....ffffoooorrrrwwwwaaaarrrrdddd file mechanism as soon as mail arrives. Alternatively, when installed by a system administrator, it can be invoked from within the mailer immediately. When invoked, it first sets some environment variables to default values, reads the mail message from stdin until an EOF, separates the body from the header, and then, if no command line arguments are present, it starts to look for a file named $$$$HHHHOOOOMMMMEEEE////....pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc. According to the processing recipes in this file, the mail message that just arrived gets distributed into the right folder (and more). If no rcfile is found, or processing of the rcfile falls off the end, procmail will store the mail in the default system mailbox. If no rcfiles and no ----pppp have been specified on the command line, procmail will, prior to reading $HOME/.procmailrc, interpret commands from ////uuuussssrrrr////ffffrrrreeeeeeeewwwwaaaarrrreeee////lllliiiibbbb////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc (if present). Care must be taken when creating /usr/freeware/lib/procmail/procmailrc, because, if circumstances permit, it will be executed with root privileges (contrary to the $HOME/.procmailrc file of course). If running suid root or with root privileges, procmail will be able to perform as a functionally enhanced, backwards compatible mail delivery agent. Procmail can also be used as a general purpose mail filter, i.e. provisions have been made to enable procmail to be invoked in a special sendmail rule. The rcfile format is described in detail in the pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc(5) man page. The weighted scoring technique is described in detail in the pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllsssscccc(5) man page. Page 1 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) Examples for rcfile recipes can be looked up in the pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiilllleeeexxxx(5) man page. SSSSiiiiggggnnnnaaaallllssss TTTTEEEERRRRMMMMIIIINNNNAAAATTTTEEEE Terminate prematurely and requeue the mail. HHHHAAAANNNNGGGGUUUUPPPP Terminate prematurely and bounce the mail. IIIINNNNTTTTEEEERRRRRRRRUUUUPPPPTTTT Terminate prematurely and bounce the mail. QQQQUUUUIIIITTTT Terminate prematurely and silently lose the mail. AAAALLLLAAAARRRRMMMM Force a timeout (see TTTTIIIIMMMMEEEEOOOOUUUUTTTT)))).... UUUUSSSSRRRR1111 Equivalent to a VVVVEEEERRRRBBBBOOOOSSSSEEEE=off. UUUUSSSSRRRR2222 Equivalent to a VVVVEEEERRRRBBBBOOOOSSSSEEEE=on. OOOOPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS ----vvvv Procmail will print its version number, display its compile time configuration and exit. ----pppp Preserve any old environment. Normally procmail clears the environment upon startup, except for the value of TZ and LANG. However, in any case: any default values will override any preexisting environment variables, i.e. procmail will not pay any attention to any predefined environment variables, it will happily overwrite them with its own defaults. For the list of environment variables that procmail will preset see the pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc(5) man page. If both -p and -m are specified, the list of preset environment variables shrinks to just: LOGNAME, HOME, SHELL, ORGMAIL and MAILDIR. ----tttt Make procmail fail softly, i.e. if procmail cannot deliver the mail to any of the destinations you gave, the mail will not bounce, but will return to the mailqueue. Another delivery-attempt will be made at some time in the future. ----ffff _f_r_o_m_w_h_o_m Causes procmail to regenerate the leading `From ' line with _f_r_o_m_w_h_o_m as the sender (instead of -f one could use the alternate and obsolete -r). If _f_r_o_m_w_h_o_m consists merely of a single `-', then procmail will only update the timestamp on the `From ' line (if present, if not, it will generate a new one). Page 2 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) ----oooo Instead of allowing anyone to generate `From ' lines, simply override the fakes. ----YYYY Assume traditional Berkeley mailbox format, ignore any CCCCoooonnnntttteeeennnntttt----LLLLeeeennnnggggtttthhhh:::: fields. ----aaaa _a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t This will set $1 to be equal to _a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t. It can be used to pass meta information along to procmail. This is typically done by passing along the $@x information from the sendmail mailer rule. ----dddd _r_e_c_i_p_i_e_n_t ... This turns on explicit delivery mode, delivery will be to the local user _r_e_c_i_p_i_e_n_t. This, of course, only is possible if procmail has root privileges (or if procmail is already running with the recipient's euid and egid). Procmail will setuid to the intended recipients and delivers the mail as if it were invoked by the recipient with no arguments (i.e. if no rcfile is found, delivery is like ordinary mail). This option is incompatible with ----pppp. ----mmmm Turns procmail into a general purpose mail filter. In this mode one rcfile must be specified on the command line. After the rcfile, procmail will accept an unlimited number of arguments. If the rcfile is an absolute path starting with ////uuuussssrrrr////ffffrrrreeeeeeeewwwwaaaarrrreeee////lllliiiibbbb////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrccccssss//// without backward references (i.e. the parent directory cannot be mentioned) procmail will, only if no security violations are found, take on the identity of the owner of the rcfile (or symbolic link). For some advanced usage of this option you should look in the EEEEXXXXAAAAMMMMPPPPLLLLEEEESSSS section below. AAAARRRRGGGGUUUUMMMMEEEENNNNTTTTSSSS Any arguments containing an '=' are considered to be environment variable assignments, they will _a_l_l be evaluated after the default values have been assigned and before the first rcfile is opened. Any other arguments are presumed to be rcfile paths (either absolute, or if they start with `./' relative to the current directory; aaaannnnyyyy ooootttthhhheeeerrrr rrrreeeellllaaaattttiiiivvvveeee path is relative to $HOME, unless the ----mmmm option has been given, in which case all relative paths are relative to the current directory); procmail will start with the first one it finds on the command line. The following ones will only be parsed if the preceding ones have a not matching HOST-directive entry, or in case they should not exist. Page 3 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) If no rcfiles are specified, it looks for $$$$HHHHOOOOMMMMEEEE////....pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc. If not even that can be found, processing will continue according to the default settings of the environment variables and the ones specified on the command line. EEEEXXXXAAAAMMMMPPPPLLLLEEEESSSS Examples for rcfile recipes can be looked up in the pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiilllleeeexxxx(5) man page. A small sample rcfile can be found in the NNNNOOOOTTTTEEEESSSS section below. Skip the rest of this EXAMPLES section unless you are a system administrator who is vaguely familiar with sendmail.cf syntax. The ----mmmm option is typically used when procmail is called from within a rule in the sendmail.cf file. In order to be able to do this it is convenient to create an extra `procmail' mailer in your sendmail.cf file (in addition to the perhaps already present `local' mailer that starts up procmail). To create such a `procmail' mailer I'd suggest something like: Mprocmail, P=/usr/freeware/bin/procmail, F=mSDFMhun, S=11, R=21, A=procmail -m $h $g $u This enables you to use rules like the following (most likely in ruleset 0) to filter mail through the procmail mailer (please note the leading tab to continue the rule, and the tab to separate the comments): R$*<@some.where>$* $#procmail $@/etc/procmailrcs/some.rc $:$1@some.where.procmail$2 R$*<@$*.procmail>$* $1<@$2>$3 Already filtered, map back And /etc/procmailrcs/some.rc could be as simple as: :0 # sink all junk mail * ^Subject:.*junk /dev/null :0 # pass along all other mail ! -oi -f "$@" Do watch out when sending mail from within the /etc/procmailrcs/some.rc file, if you send mail to addresses which match the first rule again, you could be creating an endless mail loop. Page 4 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS ////eeeettttcccc////ppppaaaasssssssswwwwdddd to set the recipient's LOGNAME, HOME and SHELL variable defaults ////vvvvaaaarrrr////mmmmaaaaiiiillll////$$$$LLLLOOOOGGGGNNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE system mailbox; both the system mailbox and the immediate directory it is in will be created everytime procmail starts and either one is not present ////uuuussssrrrr////ffffrrrreeeeeeeewwwwaaaarrrreeee////lllliiiibbbb////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc initial global rcfile ////uuuussssrrrr////ffffrrrreeeeeeeewwwwaaaarrrreeee////lllliiiibbbb////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrccccssss//// special privileges path for rcfiles $$$$HHHHOOOOMMMMEEEE////....pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc default rcfile ////vvvvaaaarrrr////mmmmaaaaiiiillll////$$$$LLLLOOOOGGGGNNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE....lllloooocccckkkk lockfile for the system mailbox (not automatically used by procmail, unless $DEFAULT equals /var/mail/$LOGNAME and procmail is delivering to $DEFAULT) ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////sssseeeennnnddddmmmmaaaaiiiillll default mail forwarder ____????????????????````hhhhoooossssttttnnnnaaaammmmeeee```` temporary `unique' zero-length files created by procmail SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc(5), pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllsssscccc(5), pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiilllleeeexxxx(5), sssshhhh(1), ccccsssshhhh(1), mmmmaaaaiiiillll(1), mmmmaaaaiiiillllxxxx(1), bbbbiiiinnnnmmmmaaaaiiiillll(1), uuuuuuuuccccpppp(1), aaaalllliiiiaaaasssseeeessss(5), sssseeeennnnddddmmmmaaaaiiiillll(8), eeeeggggrrrreeeepppp(1), ggggrrrreeeepppp(1), bbbbiiiiffffffff(1), ccccoooommmmssssaaaatttt(8), lllloooocccckkkkffffiiiilllleeee(1), ffffoooorrrrmmmmaaaaiiiillll(1), ccccrrrroooonnnn(1) DDDDIIIIAAAAGGGGNNNNOOOOSSSSTTTTIIIICCCCSSSS Autoforwarding mailbox found The system mailbox had its suid or sgid bit set, procmail terminates with EX_NOUSER assuming that this mailbox must not be delivered to. Bad substitution of "x" Not a valid environment variable name specified. Page 5 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) Closing brace unexpected There was no corresponding opening brace (nesting block). Conflicting options Not all option combinations are use- ful Conflicting x suppressed Flag x is not compatible with some other flag on this recipe. Couldn't create "x" The system mailbox was missing and could not/will not be created. Couldn't determine implicit lockfile from "x" There were no `>>' redirectors to be found, using simply `$LOCKEXT' as lo- callockfile. Couldn't unlock "x" Lockfile was already gone, or write permission to the directory were the lockfile is has been denied. Deadlock attempted on "x" The locallockfile specified on this recipe is equal to a still active $LOCKFILE. Denying special privileges for "x" Procmail will not take on the identi- ty that comes with the rcfile because a security violation was found (e.g. ----pppp or variable assignments on the command line) or procmail had insuf- ficient privileges to do so. Enforcing stricter permissions on "x" The system mailbox of the recipient was found to be unsecured, procmail secured it. Error while writing to "x" Nonexistent subdirectory, no write permission, pipe died or disk full. Page 6 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) Exceeded LINEBUF Buffer overflow detected, LINEBUF was too small, memory might be corrupted. Excessive output quenched from "x" The program or filter "x" tried to produce too much output for the current LINEBUF, the rest was dis- carded. Extraneous x ignored The action line of this recipe makes flag x meaningless. Failed forking "x" Process table is full (and NORESRETRY has been exhausted). Failed to execute "x" Program not in path, or not execut- able. Forced unlock denied on "x" No write permission in the directory where lllloooocccckkkkffffiiiilllleeee "x" resides, or more than one procmail trying to force a lock at exactly the same time. Forcing lock on "x" LLLLoooocccckkkkffffiiiilllleeee "x" is going to be removed by force because of a timeout (see also: LLLLOOOOCCCCKKKKTTTTIIIIMMMMEEEEOOOOUUUUTTTT). Incomplete recipe The start of a recipe was found, but it stranded in an EOF. Insufficient privileges Procmail either needs root privileges, or must have the right (e)uid aaaannnndddd (e)gid to run in delivery mode. The mail will bounce. Invalid regexp "x" The regular expression "x" contains errors (most likely some missing or extraneous parens). Kernel-lock failed While trying to use the kernel- supported locking calls, one of them failed (usually indicates an OS er- ror), procmail ignores this error and proceeds. Page 7 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) Kernel-unlock failed See above. Lock failure on "x" Can only occur if you specify some real weird (and illegal) lock- filenames or if the lllloooocccckkkkffffiiiilllleeee could not be created because of insuffi- cient permissions or nonexistent sub- directories. Lost "x" Procmail tried to clone itself but could not find back rcfile "x" (it either got removed or it was a rela- tive path and you changed directory since procmail opened it last time). Missing closing brace A nesting block was started, but nev- er finished. Missing name The -f option needs an extra argu- ment. Missing argument You specified the -a option but for- got the argument. Missing rcfile You specified the -m option, procmail expects the name of an rcfile as ar- gument. Missing recipient You specified the -d option or called procmail under a different name, it expects one or more recipients as ar- guments. No space left to finish writing "x" The filesystem containing "x" does not have enough free space to permit delivery of the message to the file. Out of memory The system is out of swap space (and NORESRETRY has been exhausted). Processing continued The unrecognised options on the com- mand line are ignored, proceeding as usual. Page 8 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) Program failure (nnn) of "x" Program that was started by procmail returned nnn instead of EXIT_SUCCESS (=0); if nnn is negative, then this is the signal the program died on. Renaming bogus "x" into "x" The system mailbox of the recipient was found to be bogus, procmail per- formed evasive actions. Skipped: "x" Couldn't do anything with "x" in the rcfile (syntax error), ignoring it. Suspicious rcfile "x" The owner of the rcfile was not the recipient or root, or the directory that contained it was world writable (the rcfile was not used). Terminating prematurely whilst waiting for ... Procmail received a signal while it was waiting for ... Quota exceeded while writing "x" The filesize quota for the recipient on the filesystem containing "x" does not permit delivering the message to the file. Timeout, terminating "x" Timeout has occurred on program or filter "x". Timeout, was waiting for "x" Timeout has occurred on program, filter or file "x". If it was a pro- gram or filter, then it didn't seem to be running anymore. Truncated file to former size The file could not be delivered to successfully, so the file was trun- cated to its former size. Truncating "x" and retrying lock "x" does not seem to be a valid filename or the file is not empty. Page 9 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) Rescue of unfiltered data succeeded/failed A filter returned unsuccessfully, procmail tried to get back the origi- nal text. Unexpected EOL Missing closing quote, or trying to escape EOF. Unknown user "x" The specified recipient does not have a corresponding uid. EEEEXXXXTTTTEEEENNNNDDDDEEEEDDDD DDDDIIIIAAAAGGGGNNNNOOOOSSSSTTTTIIIICCCCSSSS Extended diagnostics can be turned on and off through set- ting the VERBOSE variable. [pid] time & date Procmail's pid and a timestamp. Gen- erated whenever procmail logs a diag- nostic and at least a second has elapsed since the last timestamp. Acquiring kernel-lock Procmail now tries to kernel-lock the most recently opened file (descrip- tor). Assigning "x" Environment variable assignment. Assuming identity of the recipient, VERBOSE=off Dropping all privileges (if any), im- plicitly turns off extended diagnos- tics. Bypassed locking "x" The mail spool directory was not ac- cessible to procmail, it relied sole- ly on kernel locks. Executing "x" Starting program "x". If it is started by procmail directly (without an intermediate shell), procmail will show where it separated the arguments by inserting commas. HOST mismatched "x" This host was called "x", HOST con- tained something else. Locking "x" Creating lockfile "x". Page 10 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) Linking to "x" Creating a hardlink between directory folders. Match on "x" Condition matched. Matched "x" Assigned "x" to MMMMAAAATTTTCCCCHHHH. No match on "x" Condition didn't match, recipe skipped. Notified comsat: "$LOGNAME@offset:file" Sent comsat/biff a notice that mail arrived for user $LOGNAME at `offset' in `file'. Opening "x" Opening file "x" for appending. Rcfile: "x" Rcfile changed to "x". Reiterating kernel-lock While attempting several locking methods, one of these failed. Proc- mail will reiterate until they all succeed in rapid succession. Score: added newtotal "x" This condition scored `added' points, which resulted in a `newtotal' score. Unlocking "x" Removing lockfile "x" again. WWWWAAAARRRRNNNNIIIINNNNGGGGSSSS You should create a shell script that uses lllloooocccckkkkffffiiiilllleeee(1) be- fore invoking your mail shell on any mailbox file other than the system mailbox (unless of course, your mail shell uses the same lockfiles (local or global) you specified in your rcfile). In the unlikely event that you absolutely need to kill proc- mail before it has finished, first try and use the regular kill command (i.e. _n_o_t kill -9, see the subsection _S_i_g_n_a_l_s for suggestions), otherwise some _l_o_c_k_f_i_l_e_s might not get re- moved. Beware when using the ----tttt option, if procmail repeatedly is unable to deliver the mail (e.g. due to an incorrect rcfile), the system mailqueue could fill up. This could ag- gravate both the local postmaster and other users. The ////uuuussssrrrr////ffffrrrreeeeeeeewwwwaaaarrrreeee////lllliiiibbbb////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc file might be exe- cuted with root privileges, so be very careful of what you put in it. SSSSHHHHEEEELLLLLLLL will be equal to that of the current reci- Page 11 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) pient, so if procmail has to invoke the shell, you'd better set it to some safe value first. See also: DDDDRRRROOOOPPPPPPPPRRRRIIIIVVVVSSSS. Keep in mind that if cccchhhhoooowwwwnnnn(1) is permitted on files in ////uuuussssrrrr////ffffrrrreeeeeeeewwwwaaaarrrreeee////lllliiiibbbb////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrccccssss////, that they can be chowned to root (or anyone else) by their current owners. For maximum security, make sure this directory is _e_x_e_c_u_t_a_b_l_e to root only. BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS After removing a lockfile by force, procmail waits $SUSPEND seconds before creating a new lockfile so that another pro- cess that decides to remove the stale lockfile will not re- move the newly created lock by mistake. Procmail uses the regular TERMINATE signal to terminate any runaway filter, but it does not check if the filter responds to that signal and it only sends it to the filter itself, not to any of the filter's children. A continued CCCCoooonnnntttteeeennnntttt----LLLLeeeennnnggggtttthhhh:::: field is not handled correctly. MMMMIIIISSSSCCCCEEEELLLLLLLLAAAANNNNEEEEOOOOUUUUSSSS If there is an existing CCCCoooonnnntttteeeennnntttt----LLLLeeeennnnggggtttthhhh:::: field in the header of the mail and the ----YYYY option is not specified, procmail will trim the field to report the correct size. Procmail does not change the fieldwidth. If there is no CCCCoooonnnntttteeeennnntttt----LLLLeeeennnnggggtttthhhh:::: field or the ----YYYY option has been specified and procmail appends to regular mailfolders, any lines in the body of the message that look like post- marks are prepended with `>' (disarms bogus mailheaders). The regular expression that is used to search for these postmarks is: `\nFrom ' If the destination name used in explicit delivery mode is not in /etc/passwd, procmail will proceed as if explicit delivery mode was not in effect. If not in explicit delivery mode and should the uid procmail is running under, have no corresponding /etc/passwd entry, then HOME will de- fault to /, LOGNAME will default to #uid and SHELL will de- fault to /bin/sh. When in explicit delivery mode, procmail will generate a leading `From ' line if none is present. If one is already present procmail will leave it intact. If procmail is not invoked with one of the following user or group ids: root, daemon, uucp, mail, x400, network, list, slist, lists or news, but still has to generate or accept a new `From ' line, it will generate an additional `>From ' line to help distinguish fake mails. Page 12 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) For security reasons procmail will only use an absolute or $HOME-relative rcfile if it is either owned by the recipient or root and not world writable, or if the directory it is contained in is not world writable. If /var/mail/$LOGNAME is a bogus mailbox (i.e. does not be- long to the recipient, is unwritable, is a symbolic link or is a hard link), procmail will upon startup try to rename it into a file starting with `BOGUS.' and ending in an inode- sequence-code. If this turns out to be impossible, OOOORRRRGGGGMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL will have _n_o initial value, and hence will inhibit delivery without a proper rcfile. If /var/mail/$LOGNAME already is a valid mailbox, but has got too loose permissions on it, procmail will correct this. To prevent procmail from doing this make sure the u+x bit is set. When delivering to directories (or to MH folders) you ddddoooonnnn''''tttt need to use lockfiles to prevent several concurrently run- ning procmail programs from messing up. Delivering to MH folders is slightly more time consuming than delivering to normal directories or mailboxes, because procmail has to search for the next available number (in- stead of having the filename immediately available). On general failure procmail will return EX_CANTCREAT, unless option ----tttt is specified, in which case it will return EX_TEMPFAIL. To make `egrepping' of headers more consistent, procmail concatenates all continued header fields; but only internal- ly. When delivering the mail, line breaks will appear as before. If procmail is called under a name not starting with `proc- mail' (e.g. if it is linked to another name and invoked as such), it comes up in explicit delivery mode, and expects the recipients' names as command line arguments (as if -d had been specified). Comsat/biff notifications are done using udp. They are sent off once when procmail generates the regular logfile entry. The notification messages have the following extended format (or as close as you can get when final delivery was not to a file): $LOGNAME@offset_of_message_in_mailbox:absolute_path_to_mailbox Whenever procmail itself opens a file to deliver to, it con- sistently uses the following kernel locking strategies: ffffccccnnnnttttllll(2), lllloooocccckkkkffff(3) and fffflllloooocccckkkk(2). Page 13 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) Procmail is NFS-resistant and eight-bit clean. NNNNOOOOTTTTEEEESSSS Calling up procmail with the -h or -? options will cause it to display a command-line help and recipe flag quick- reference page. There exists an excellent newbie FAQ about mailfilters (and procmail in particular), it is being maintained by Nancy McGough <nancym@ii.com> and can be obtained by sending a mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following in the body: send usenet/news.answers/mail/filtering-faq If procmail is _n_o_t installed globally as the default mail delivery agent (ask your system administrator), you have to make sure it is invoked when your mail arrives. In this case your $HOME/.forward (beware, it hhhhaaaassss to be world read- able) file should contain the line below. Be sure to in- clude the single and double quotes, and it _m_u_s_t be an _a_b_s_o_- _l_u_t_e path. The ####_Y_O_U_R__U_S_E_R_N_A_M_E is not actually a parameter that is required by procmail, in fact, it will be discarded by sh before procmail ever sees it; it is however a neces- sary kludge against overoptimising sendmail programs: "|IFS=' '&&p=/usr/freeware/bin/procmail&&test -f $p&&exec $p -Yf-||exit 75 ####_Y_O_U_R__U_S_E_R_N_A_M_E" Procmail can also be invoked to postprocess an already filled system mailbox. This can be useful if you don't want to or can't use a $HOME/.forward file (in which case the following script could periodically be called from within ccccrrrroooonnnn(1), or whenever you start reading mail): #!/bin/sh ORGMAIL=/var/mail/$LOGNAME if cd $HOME && test -s $ORGMAIL && lockfile -r0 -l1024 .newmail.lock 2>/dev/null then trap "rm -f .newmail.lock" 1 2 3 13 15 umask 077 lockfile -l1024 -ml cat $ORGMAIL >>.newmail && cat /dev/null >$ORGMAIL lockfile -mu formail -s procmail <.newmail && rm -f .newmail rm -f .newmail.lock fi exit 0 Page 14 (printed 8/25/98) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) BBBBuuuuGGGGlllleeeessssssss ((((1111999999997777////00004444////11111111)))) PPPPRRRROOOOCCCCMMMMAAAAIIIILLLL((((1111)))) AAAA ssssaaaammmmpppplllleeee ssssmmmmaaaallllllll $$$$HHHHOOOOMMMMEEEE////....pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillllrrrrcccc:::: PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/freeware/bin MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail #you'd better make sure it exists DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox #completely optional LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from #recommended :0: * ^From.*berg from_me :0 * ^Subject:.*Flame /dev/null Other examples for rcfile recipes can be looked up in the pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiilllleeeexxxx(5) man page. SSSSOOOOUUUURRRRCCCCEEEE This program is part of the _p_r_o_c_m_a_i_l _m_a_i_l-_p_r_o_c_e_s_s_i_n_g-_p_a_c_k_a_g_e (v3.11pre7 1997/04/28) available at your nearest USENET comp.sources.misc archive, or at ftp.informatik.rwth- aachen.de as ppppuuuubbbb////ppppaaaacccckkkkaaaaggggeeeessss////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll////pppprrrrooooccccmmmmaaaaiiiillll....ttttaaaarrrr....ggggzzzz. MMMMAAAAIIIILLLLIIIINNNNGGGGLLLLIIIISSSSTTTT There exists a mailinglist for questions relating to any program in the procmail package: <procmail@informatik.rwth-aachen.de> for submitting questions/answers. <procmail-request@informatik.rwth-aachen.de> for subscription requests. If you would like to stay informed about new versions and official patches send a subscription request to procmail-announce-request@informatik.rwth-aachen.de (this is a readonly list). AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl> Page 15 (printed 8/25/98)