chmod 700 should do it. Any group or world writable should kill it. I don't think sendmail complains about readable files as much as it does about writable files. What do the logs say?
One other way is via a procmail recipe. Something like: :0 * /path/to/perlscript Roger At 08:15 AM 1/17/2002 -0800, you wrote: >First thing I would do is check the permissions of the .forward file. It >has to be VERY specific. I wish I remembered what it was.. > >Agustin Rivera >Webmaster, Pollstar.com >http://www.pollstar.com > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lysander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 8:12 AM >Subject: Sendmail and PERL > > >Okay, this is probably more of a sendmail than a PERL question so I >apologize. If anyone can give me information or even point me to a sendmail >list or resource I would appreciate it. > >I am writing a PERL script that takes incoming mail, parses the contents, >and then uses them to update a status page. > >I thought the sendmail part would be as simple as adding a >"|/path/to/script.pl" to the aliases file. Unfortunately, I do not even >have read access to the aliases file on my webhost's computer. I called >them and they told me I could accomplish the same thing with a .forward >file, but that they could not tell me how. > >So I tried making a .forward file in my home directory with the line I would >have put in an aliases file. But this didn't work. > >Does anyone have any ideas, or resources on this? > >Thanks >Sheridan > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
