[ILUG] procmail filtering

[paul at clubi.ie]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Darragh Ó Héiligh wrote:

> My .procmailrc is as follows: Note, this is the entire file.  am I 
> leaving something out? I have seen a number of examples with 
> declerations for example: path is set to /bin and /usr/bin but from 
> what I gather, these aren't necessary.

>
> :0
> * ^Sender: .*-bounces at linux\.ie
> {
>         :0 Wh: linux.ie.lock
>         | formail -D 24576 mail-in/linux-ie-cache
>
>         :0:
>         * ^X-BeenThere: ilug at linux\.ie
>         mail-in/ilug
>
>         :0:
>         * ^X-BeenThere: social at linux\.ie
>         mail-in/ilug-social
> }

You use maildir, so don't you need to change the mailbox name to 
deliver to maildir (add a /, as another poster suggested). I bet 
you've got an mbox /file/ called 'ilug' now.

> :0
> * ^List-Post: .*opensuse at opensuse\.org
> {
>         :0 Wh: opensuse.org.lock
>         | formail -D 24576 mail-in/opensuse-org-cache
>
>         :0:
>         * ^X-BeenThere: opensuse at opensuse\.org
>         mail-in/OpenSuSE
> }

The rules look fine btw. I bet they're working, just not to the mail 
folders you were expecting/hoping for. Double check that.

regards,
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