Re: [lojban] Just in case you're interested

["James F. Carter" <jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU>]

<xod@sixgirls.org> had a problem making my .procmailrc example function.
I'm guessing here, but it's possible that since he's in a commercial
environment, the system mailboxes are not in the usual location of
/usr/spool/mail/$USER, and procmail doesn't know about the special
location.  (At UCLA-Mathnet we also put mailboxes in a special directory,
but we have symbolic links so hardwired /usr/spool/mail/$USER still
works.)  

Try this:  Find out the full filename of your mailbox,
e.g. /u/bodhi/m1/mail/jimc (that's mine), and add a stanza at the end of
.procmailrc that unconditionally delivers to that file, like this:

:0
/u/bodhi/m1/mail/jimc

<xod>, let me know if this helps.

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On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Invent Yourself wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, James F. Carter wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Then create $HOME/.forward containing the line:
> > 
> > | /usr/local/bin/procmail
> 
> 
> Are you quite sure? When I tried it, all my mail went into limbo. I used
> the right path to procmail, too.
> 
> In case I got the .procmailrc file wrong, I tarred it and enclosed
> it. Don't worry, I took the leading period away in the tar, so it won't
> clobber your .procmailrc.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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> listen. Listen to what the product tells you. Sometimes, if you're really
> good at listening, you can hear it speak. Do what it says and shut up.
> 
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