Procmail-3.22
Installation of Procmail
This package does not come with a test suite.
Install Procmail by running the
following commands as the root
user:
make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp install &&
make install-suid
Command Explanations
make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp
install: This prevents make from asking you where to
test file-locking patterns.
make install-suid:
Modifies permissions of the installed files.
Configuring Procmail
Config Files
/etc/procmailrc
and ~/.procmailrc
Configuration Information
Recipes have to be written and placed in your ~/.procmailrc
for execution. The procmailex man
page is the starting place to learn how to write recipes. For
additional information, see also http://pm-doc.sourceforge.net/pm-tips.html.
Contents
Installed Programs:
formail, lockfile, mailstat and
procmail
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
None
Short Descriptions
formail
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is a filter that can be used to format mail into mailbox
format.
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lockfile
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is a utility that can lock a file for single use
interactively or in a script.
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mailstat
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prints a summary report of mail that has been filtered by
procmail
since the last time mailstat was ran.
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procmail
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is an autonomous mail processor. It performs all the
functions of an MDA (Mail Delivery Agent).
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Last updated on 2007-12-27 19:14:39 -0600