On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 02:11:49AM +0200, J Horacio M G wrote: > I lost some incoming mail as I tried to use Exim with the same .forward > and .procmailrc scripts I had with Debian 2.0, it sent mails to > /var/spool/exim/input/ and /var/spool/exim/msglog/. I believe Exim > complained about |exec and IFS (I tried both with .forward). This is > what I had in my ~/.forward: > > "|exec /usr/bin/procmail"
Exim is kind of like a MTA+MDA in one; to a degree, it does what smail+procmail does. That in mind, you can uninstall procmail, and have exim do all of your mail sorting. (You'll need take your procmail recipies, convert them to exim's language, and stick them in your ~/.forward.) For example, here is what I have in my ~/.forward to filter this mailing lists' posts: # Exim filter # take care of mailing list debian-user if $header_X-Mailing-List: contains debian-user@lists.debian.org then save <my_mail_directory>/debian-user finish endif # enf of debian-user filter This works, although I think I liked smail+procmail better, personally. <shrug> MG -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "And though the window in the wall Come streaming in on sunlight wings A million bright ambassadors of morning." --Pink Floyd, "Echoes"