Re: tlug: Still no procmail

[Viktor Pavlenko <vpavlenko@example.com>]

Dennis McMurchy wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 22 May 2000, Viktor Pavlenko wrote:
> 
> > This may (should?) fix the problem:
> > cd /etc/smrsh; ln -s /usr/bin/procmail .
> > It was on the list some time ago, I think...
> 
>   Well, I did just give this a try, but with confusing results.
> I got 'procmail' working finally yesterday by giving up on 'smrsh',
> so to try this suggestion I had to edit the sendmail.cf file, stop
> and restart the demon, and for good measure alter ~/.forward to
> call /etc/smrsh/procmail rather than /usr/bin/procmail (after making
> the suggested link, of course).
> 

On my Mandrake 6.0 system I have a mailmaster user which have .forward 
in her home directory, which contains just "|/usr/bin/procmail". Then 
the incoming messages get sent to the real users according to 
mailmaster's .procmail. Whithout a symlink in /etc/smrsh/ I was getting 
that "not available for sendmail programs" error.

Unfortunately, I've no idea on how smrsh works. Maybe it's a good thing
for some security-concerned people, but it was just plain pain for me.

Viktor
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