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Evan Platt | 26 May 2010 19:19

Procmail on Linux / LMTP

Not sure if this is more a procmail or postfix issue, so seeing if 
anyone here can help...

I run a mail server for my own domain, just me basically. I was
running on a Mac Mini, but the thing kept overheating, so I've
switched to a FC12 desktop. I installed postfix, cyrus, procmail, etc
from yum. Copied / modified my main / master.cf . Everything seemed to
be OK, but I'm guessing something was modified somewhere along the
line, not obviously by me. Difference I initially see, is added in the
main.cf is:
mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp
The mac had no mailbox_transport. Now it seems no matter what I do, I
can't get procmail to work with postfix.

In my /home/≤username>/procmailrc, I have
MAILDIR=/var/spool/imap/e/user/eplatt/ , but procmail isn't running or
called - at least nothing's being put in /var/log/procmail.log
(verbose is on). If I rem out the mailbox_transport line in my
main.cf, procmail is run, but near as I can tell, the mail doesn't
make it to my inbox - when I comment it out, I see procmail logging,
but the mail doesn't show in the mail dir.

Basically, in short, I'd like to enable procmail, but not seeing how
to do this with the lmtp configuration.

Any guidance appreciated. I've attached my old and my current postconf
-n .

Thanks.
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Patrick Shanahan | 26 May 2010 21:27
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Re: Procmail on Linux / LMTP

* Evan Platt <evan <at> espphotography.com> [05-26-10 13:22]:
> Not sure if this is more a procmail or postfix issue, so seeing if
> anyone here can help...
> 
> I run a mail server for my own domain, just me basically. I was
> running on a Mac Mini, but the thing kept overheating, so I've
> switched to a FC12 desktop. I installed postfix, cyrus, procmail, etc
> from yum. Copied / modified my main / master.cf . Everything seemed to
> be OK, but I'm guessing something was modified somewhere along the
> line, not obviously by me. Difference I initially see, is added in the
> main.cf is:
> mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp
> The mac had no mailbox_transport. Now it seems no matter what I do, I
> can't get procmail to work with postfix.
> 
> In my /home/≤username>/procmailrc, I have
> MAILDIR=/var/spool/imap/e/user/eplatt/ , but procmail isn't running or
> called - at least nothing's being put in /var/log/procmail.log
> (verbose is on). If I rem out the mailbox_transport line in my
> main.cf, procmail is run, but near as I can tell, the mail doesn't
> make it to my inbox - when I comment it out, I see procmail logging,
> but the mail doesn't show in the mail dir.
> 
> Basically, in short, I'd like to enable procmail, but not seeing how
> to do this with the lmtp configuration.
> 
> Any guidance appreciated. I've attached my old and my current postconf

No expert, but I have (on openSUSE 11.2):
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Evan Platt | 26 May 2010 21:56

Re: Procmail on Linux / LMTP

On 05/26/2010 12:27 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> No expert, but I have (on openSUSE 11.2):
> main.cf
> mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail
>
> master.cf
> procmail  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=R user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/procmail -t -m /etc/procmailrc
>    ${sender} ${recipient}
>    

Should the flags= go on the next line or the same line as the procmail 
line? I think i tried it both ways, still no go. :(
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Gustavo Villaran | 26 May 2010 21:58
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Help wit filtering recipe

Hi i need to filter some emails with procmail but im new to this and i 
dont know how to do it, i need
to do the following :

IF  the target email is "xxx <at> abc.com" and the sender is "a <at> abc.com" or 
"b <at> abc.com"
then the email needs to be delivered
else the email should be deleted

thats it

if anyone please can help me should be great.

thx

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Patrick Shanahan | 26 May 2010 22:35
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Re: Procmail on Linux / LMTP

* Evan Platt <evan <at> espphotography.com> [05-26-10 15:58]:
> On 05/26/2010 12:27 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> >No expert, but I have (on openSUSE 11.2):
> >main.cf
> >mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail
> >
> >master.cf
> >procmail  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
> >   flags=R user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/procmail -t -m /etc/procmailrc
> >   ${sender} ${recipient}
> 
> Should the flags= go on the next line or the same line as the
> procmail line? I think i tried it both ways, still no go. :(

mia culpa, the master.cf line is *one* line.  I should have added
explanation or a continuation char to the lines.

procmail  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe \
   flags=R user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/procmail -t -m /etc/procmailrc \
   ${sender} ${recipient}

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Michelle Konzack | 26 May 2010 22:43

Re: Help wit filtering recipe

Hello Gustavo Villaran,

Am 2010-05-26 14:58:38, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
> Hi i need to filter some emails with procmail but im new to this and
> i dont know how to do it, i need
> to do the following :
> 
> IF  the target email is "xxx <at> abc.com" and the sender is "a <at> abc.com"
> or "b <at> abc.com"
> then the email needs to be delivered
> else the email should be deleted
> 
> thats it
> 
> if anyone please can help me should be great.

    :0
    * ^To:.*xxx <at> abc\.com
    * ^From:.*(a|b) <at> abc\.com
    /dev/null

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack

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Patrick Shanahan | 26 May 2010 22:51
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Re: Help wit filtering recipe

* Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle <at> tamay-dogan.net> [05-26-10 16:44]:
> Am 2010-05-26 14:58:38, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
> > Hi i need to filter some emails with procmail but im new to this and
> > i dont know how to do it, i need
> > to do the following :
> > 
> > IF  the target email is "xxx <at> abc.com" and the sender is "a <at> abc.com"
> > or "b <at> abc.com"
> > then the email needs to be delivered
> > else the email should be deleted
> > 
> > thats it
> > 
> > if anyone please can help me should be great.
> 
>     :0
>     * ^To:.*xxx <at> abc\.com
>     * ^From:.*(a|b) <at> abc\.com
>     /dev/null
> 
> 
> Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
>     Michelle Konzack

I believe you have been somewhat hasty and a bit reckless here.  Above
will deliver mails *wanted* to /dev/null rather than the opposite.

:0
* ^To:.*xxx\ <at> abc\.com
* !^From:.*(a|b)\ <at> abc.\com
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Evan Platt | 26 May 2010 22:56

Re: Procmail on Linux / LMTP

On 05/26/2010 01:35 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
>
> mia culpa, the master.cf line is *one* line.  I should have added
> explanation or a continuation char to the lines.
>
> procmail  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe \
>     flags=R user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/procmail -t -m /etc/procmailrc \
>     ${sender} ${recipient}
>
>    

Still no go :(

I added it with the seperator, and with it all on one line. :( This 
really has me boggled.. Thanks for any suggestions..
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Charles Gregory | 26 May 2010 23:04

Re: Procmail on Linux / LMTP

On Wed, 26 May 2010, Evan Platt wrote:
>>  procmail  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe \
>>      flags=R user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/procmail -t -m /etc/procmailrc \
>>      ${sender} ${recipient}
> Still no go :(
> I added it with the seperator, and with it all on one line. :( This really 
> has me boggled.. Thanks for any suggestions..

Uh, my master.cf does not have any line like this. All I need to
get procmail working is the mailbox_command line in main.cf:

mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail

I have mailbox_transport commented out....

...and make sure that you have sensible values in main.cf for:
home_mailbox
mail_spool_directory

Enjoy!

- Charles
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Evan Platt | 26 May 2010 23:27

Re: Procmail on Linux / LMTP

On 05/26/2010 02:04 PM, Charles Gregory wrote:
>  all on one line. :( This really has me boggled.. Thanks for any 
> suggestions..
>
> Uh, my master.cf does not have any line like this. All I need to
> get procmail working is the mailbox_command line in main.cf:
>
> mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail
>
> I have mailbox_transport commented out....
>
> ...and make sure that you have sensible values in main.cf for:
> home_mailbox
> mail_spool_directory
Ok... I can do that.. Dumb question, what is my home mailbox?
I do have a /var/mail/≤user>, which has 1 file, but it's defnitely not 
my inbox. Only has about 7 'messages' in it (one long file).

thanks :)
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