Re: problems with procmail

["K. Arun" <kar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Sridhar" == Mani Sridhar <msridhar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

  Sridhar> the internet. but i subscribe to the list with a mailbox my
  Sridhar> college gives me. to access the mail, i will have to come
  Sridhar> to my college computer centre. there is no modem pool for

<involved bit about exporting xterm snipped>

        I take it you must have a very good reason for not simply
using a procmail rule to forward mail received there to an accessible
account. 
	
  Sridhar> #1. my .forward file in the home directory contains the
  Sridhar> following...

  Sridhar> "|exec /usr/bin/procmail"

        Shouldn't that read something like (assuming login, linux): 

"|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #linux"

  Sridhar> #5. And here's what happens when i send the mail ( i telnet
  Sridhar> to port 25 and did the stuff with verbose mode enabled
  Sridhar> )....

  >>> mail from: msridhar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sridhar> sender <msridhar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ok
  >>> rcpt to: msridhar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sridhar> 051 /home/msridhar/.forward: line 1: forwarding to |exec
  Sridhar> /usr/bin/procmail 550 /home/msridhar/.forward: line 1:
  Sridhar> |exec /usr/bin/procmail... Address
  Sridhar> msridhar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is unsafe for mailing to programs

>From the sendmail release notes:

----------
        Add new UnsafeGroupWrites option; if set, .forward and :include:
                files that are group writable are considered "unsafe" -- that
                is, programs and files referenced from such files are not
                valid recipients.
----------
        
        Not entirely sure this is the problem you are running into,
but couldn't hurt checking the permission on your .forward.
        
        Are you using LBX/dxpc ?

                                                        -arun
        


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