Help with procmail from log file

["Scott R. Ehrlich" <user=81@nabble.blu.org>]

 My procmail[rc] broke.  I have it running on a hosting provider that uses 
freebsd, if that makes any difference. 

procmail -v reveals v3.22 2001/09/10 

The heart of my script: 

SHELL=/bin/sh 
LOGFILE     = /path/to/mail.log 
VERBOSE     = "yes" 

:0: 
* ^Subject:.*bad thing to catch 1* 
$HOME/SPAM 

:0: 
* ^Subject:.*bad thing to catch 2* 
$HOME/SPAM 

:0 B: 
" bad thing to catch 3" 
$HOME/SPAM 



Legit stuff was going to my mailbox. 

Then, during one of the catches, the mail.log's Folder: revealed mail 
suddenly going to a file in my homedir named for one of my conditionals 
above.   Later, and at present, it switched to another file in my homedir 
named for a differnet conditional. 

I cannot seem to reset that variable.   I looked around for any possible 
lock files that may not have been cleared, and removed what I could. 

I have NO root access on the host.   Procmail now simply delivering 
everything to my inbox. 

What might be wrong, and is it something I can fix myself, or something 
they have to do?  Or, might it be a bit of both? 

Reviewing the log file, the change occured when I received a 
German-written spam.  The header doesn't show any unprintable characters. 

At that point, procmail: switched from Folder: /path/to/spam to Folder: 
my_email_address.  There was no match for any of my conditionals. 
I didn't notice where things changed until I starting writing this email 
and carefully reviewed the log file for changes in behavior. 

I tried using that German email again (just by chance) before writing this 
to run some spam tests.   This time, Folder: assigned itself to the test 
conditional I provided (different from the first).  Additionally, now the 
log files records viewer entries.  Instead of having a complete "procmail: 
No match on" list, it only shows a couple of those.   Something in that 
German email did something. 

How do I undo it and make procmail happy again? 

Thanks. 

Scott 

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