[Gllug] procmail

[will]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:40:00AM +0000, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 13:51, will wrote:
> > Jonathan Dye wrote:
> > > At 13:16 06/03/02 +0000, you wrote:
> > > 
> > >>Can anyone see what the mistake is here?  There is a glaring entry in 
> > >>the /var/spool/log/errors:
> > >>
> > >>Mar  6 11:08:45 hellacool procmail[3067]: Suspicious rcfile 
> > >>"/home/will/.procmailrc"
> > >>
> > >>But I can't see what the error could be.  I have been googling away 
> > >>merrily on this one and have found quite a few pages with example 
> > >>configs and tutorials, but I just can't see what I am doing wrong, any 
> > >>ideas?
> > >>
> > > 
> > > Is this file world/group writable by mistake?
> > 
> > Not writeable but readable and executable.  They aren't anymore and it 
> > seems to be working :-)
> 
> I suggest examining using fetchmail + cyrus, and effectively ignoring
> the MTA issue entirely. (I actually do use sendmail for sending the
> email, but I really needn't - there's no real reason not to send it all
> direct to my ISP).
> 
> That way you get to use IMAP, which is fantastic if, like me, you read
> email from multiple clients on multiple machines, and SIEVE, which is a
> wonderfully simple way of filtering your email nicely.
> 
> Of course, if you really don't want to use IMAP, then this isn't for
> you.

I have been using IMAP for a while now (but not on my local macine).  I
moved to a fetchmail/procmail/mutt system so I could read all my mail
remotely via SSH from multiple machines :-)

Will.

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