From jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU Thu Aug 31 10:52:47 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32034 invoked from network); 31 Aug 2000 17:52:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 31 Aug 2000 17:52:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO simba.math.ucla.edu) (128.97.4.125) by mta3 with SMTP; 31 Aug 2000 17:52:46 -0000 Received: from localhost (jimc@localhost) by simba.math.ucla.edu (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id e7VHqel00449; Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:52:40 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: simba.math.ucla.edu: jimc owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:52:40 -0700 (PDT) To: Invent Yourself Cc: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Just in case you're interested In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: "James F. Carter" 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 , let me know if this helps. James F. Carter Voice 310 825 2897 FAX 310 206 6673 UCLA-Mathnet; 6115 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555 Internet: jimc@math.ucla.edu (finger for PGP key) UUCP:...!{ucsd,ames,ncar,gatech,purdue,rutgers,decvax,uunet}!math.ucla.edu!jimc 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! > > ----- > dave@userland.com on design: > How do you get there, do a lot of hard work, breathe, and listen listen > 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. > > >