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[ILUG] procmail strangeness

[ILUG] procmail strangeness

( Admin ) bryan admin at revoltingdigits.com
Sat Apr 17 10:19:52 IST 2004


Oh and I should mention that it happens if I send the message as root or 
as  a normal user.


( Admin ) bryan wrote:

>
> This is really wierd ( well I think so anyhow ).
>
> I have got a little .procmailrc in my home directory
>
> It contains the following.
>
> :0
> *.*ILUG.*
> $HOME/Maildir/.ILUG/
>
> :0
> *.*AFICK.*
> $HOME/Maildir/.AFICK/
>
> Now everything works normally if an email comes into the system from 
> outside .
>
> But if I send an email from the command line like so ....
>
> echo "test email" | mail username -s "[AFICK] please ignore"
>
> The message gets sent into my ( ie the senders ) AFICK folder .....
>
> This seems a little bizare... Have I found some strange procmail bug ?
>
> --B
>
>
>
>




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