Debugging procmail

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Morin" <dmorin at lear.morinfamily.com>


> I'm trying to get procmail running (thanks for the recipes!) but nothing's
> happening.  I know that my .forward file is being invoked because if I
> make it equal to just another email account, email is forwarded.
> So, .forward equals:
>
> "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #dmorin"
>
>
> So far so good?  I know that procmail is in /usr/bin/procmail.
>
> The thing is that nothing seems to be happening with procmail at all.
> I can't even really tell if i have a syntax error.  Here's the file, it's
> an assortment of things I'm trying to get some evidence that it's working:
>
> # Copy all incoming messages to backup folder
> :0 c
> backup
>
> # If message is to Microsoft anything, move to spam
> :0:
> * ^TO*icrosoft
> spam
>
> # Got these from the list, sobig/swen killers.
> # http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/spamblock.html
> # gaaaah!
> :0 BHh
> * ^Content-Type: multipart/(mixed|alternative)
> * ^Content-Type:.*(audio/x-|application|x-rasmol)
> * name=.*\.(scr|com|bat|pif|lnk|exe)
> $HOME/sobig.f
>
> I am still regularly getting mail with MS attachments.  There's nothing in
> my backup directory, nor is there a sobig.f file or directory.
>
> Clues?  Is procmail dumping its output someplace I can look?
>
> Duane
>
>
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