> > > > I have mutt installed on two other freebsd computers. I fetch pop mail > > via getmail, and procmail puts things where they belong. I just > > installed freebsd 7.0 on another computer with what I thought were the > > exact same settings for all of the mail programs involved. When I try > > to retrieve mail I get this error message: > > > > Delivery error (command procmail 3695 error (127, exec of command > > procmail failed (refuse to invoke external commands as root or GID 0 by > > default))) > > > > I'm a relative newbie here and would appreciate it if someone could give > > me a heads up on this. > > Never get mail as root. In fact never use root unless you really have > to, but that is a more general point. > Understood. But I thought this entry (root: rem) in my aliases file would take care of that.
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