Hi!
I am trying to set up a procmail filter for one of my users (kleist).
I put the following in his .forward file:
"|IFS=' ' && p=/usr/bin/procmail && test -f $p && exec $p -Y || exit 75 #kleist"
Now when I send a test mail to him, it shows up in the queue, but doesn't
get delivered. It sits there for quite a while. Then - 15 to 25 minutes
later - all of a sudden sendmail decides to pipe it to procmail.
I guess I am doing something wrong, but I couldn't find anything in the
sendmail and procmail docs.
BTW, here are (parts of) what I found in /var/log/mail.log:
Jan 11 14:54:37 localhost sendmail[3124]: OAA03124: to="|IFS=' ' &&
p=/usr/bin/procmail && test -f $p && exec $p -Y || exit 75 #kleist",
delay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, stat=queued
Jan 11 15:16:31 localhost sendmail[3236]: OAA03124: to="|IFS=' ' &&
p=/usr/bin/procmail && test -f $p && exec $p -Y || exit 75 #kleist",
ctladdr=kleist (1005/100), delay=00:21:54, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog,
stat=Sent
I also tried a simpler .forward ("|/bin/cat > /tmp/abc"), but same thing
happened:
Jan 11 15:34:33 localhost sendmail[3448]: PAA03448: to="|/bin/cat > /tmp/abc",
delay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, stat=queued
Jan 11 15:46:31 localhost sendmail[3488]: PAA03448: to="|/bin/cat > /tmp/abc",
ctladdr=kleist (1005/100), delay=00:11:58, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog,
stat=Sent
Thanks a lot in advance for any help,
Andy.
PS: Sorry for the long lines.
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