[bfe245f] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[bfe245f] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY procmail-download-http "http://www.procmail.org/procmail-&procmail-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY procmail-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.procmail.net/pub/procmail/procmail-&procmail-version;.tar.gz">
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[55c657e] | 9 | <!ENTITY procmail-md5sum "1678ea99b973eb77eda4ecf6acae53f1">
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[d45e8c9] | 10 | <!ENTITY procmail-size "226 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY procmail-buildsize "1.7 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY procmail-time "0.08 SBU">
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[bfe245f] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[1708d1e9] | 15 | <sect1 id="procmail" xreflabel="Procmail-&procmail-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 16 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 19 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 20 | <?dbhtml filename="procmail.html"?>
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[1708d1e9] | 21 | <title>Procmail-&procmail-version;</title>
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[d45e8c9] | 22 | <indexterm zone="procmail">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-Procmail">Procmail</primary></indexterm>
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[f45b1953] | 24 |
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[bfe245f] | 25 | <sect2>
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to <application>Procmail</application></title>
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| 27 |
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[55c657e] | 28 | <para>The <application>Procmail</application> package contains an autonomous
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| 29 | mail processor. This is useful for filtering and sorting incoming mail.</para>
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[bfe245f] | 30 |
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| 31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 34 | url="&procmail-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 36 | url="&procmail-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[55c657e] | 37 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &procmail-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[bfe245f] | 38 | <listitem><para>Download size: &procmail-size;</para></listitem>
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[518538f] | 39 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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[bfe245f] | 40 | &procmail-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 42 | &procmail-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 43 | </sect3>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | </sect2>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <sect2>
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| 48 | <title>Installation of <application>Procmail</application></title>
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| 49 |
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[55c657e] | 50 | <para>Install <application>Procmail</application> by running the following
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[d45e8c9] | 51 | commands as the root user:</para>
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[bfe245f] | 52 |
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[d45e8c9] | 53 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp install &&
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[bfe245f] | 54 | make install-suid</command></userinput></screen>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | </sect2>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <sect2>
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| 59 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 60 |
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[55c657e] | 61 | <para><command>make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp install</command>: This prevents
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| 62 | <command>make</command> from asking you where to test file-locking
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| 63 | patterns.</para>
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[4f9b1f7] | 64 |
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[bfe245f] | 65 | <para><command>make install-suid</command>: Modifies permissions of
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| 66 | the installed files.</para>
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| 67 | </sect2>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <sect2>
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| 70 | <title>Configuring <application>Procmail</application></title>
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| 71 |
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[d45e8c9] | 72 | <sect3 id="procmail-config"><title>Config files</title>
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| 73 | <para><filename>/etc/procmailrc</filename> and
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[bfe245f] | 74 | <filename>~/.procmailrc</filename></para>
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[d45e8c9] | 75 | <indexterm zone="procmail procmail-config">
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| 76 | <primary sortas="e-AA.procmailrc">~/.procmailrc</primary></indexterm>
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| 77 | <indexterm zone="procmail procmail-config">
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| 78 | <primary sortas="e-etc-procmailrc">/etc/procmailrc</primary></indexterm>
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[bfe245f] | 79 | </sect3>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para>Recipes have to be written and placed in your
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| 84 | <filename>~/.procmailrc</filename> for execution. The procmailex man
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| 85 | page is the starting place to learn how to write recipes.</para>
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| 86 | </sect3>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | </sect2>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <sect2>
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| 91 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 92 |
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[d45e8c9] | 93 | <segmentedlist>
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| 94 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 95 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 96 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <seglistitem>
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| 99 | <seg>formail, lockfile, mailstat and procmail</seg>
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| 100 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 101 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 102 | </seglistitem>
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| 103 | </segmentedlist>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <variablelist>
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| 106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 107 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <varlistentry id="formail">
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| 110 | <term><command>formail</command></term>
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| 111 | <listitem><para>is a filter that can be used to format mail into mailbox
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| 112 | format.</para>
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| 113 | <indexterm zone="procmail formail">
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| 114 | <primary sortas="b-formail">formail</primary>
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| 115 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 116 | </varlistentry>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <varlistentry id="lockfile">
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| 119 | <term><command>lockfile</command></term>
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| 120 | <listitem><para>is a utility that can lock a file for single use interactively
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| 121 | or in a script.</para>
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| 122 | <indexterm zone="procmail lockfile">
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| 123 | <primary sortas="b-lockfile">lockfile</primary>
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| 124 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 125 | </varlistentry>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <varlistentry id="mailstat">
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| 128 | <term><command>mailstat</command></term>
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| 129 | <listitem><para>prints a summary report of mail that has been filtered by
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| 130 | <command>procmail</command> since the last time <command>mailstat</command>
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| 131 | was ran.</para>
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| 132 | <indexterm zone="procmail mailstat">
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| 133 | <primary sortas="b-mailstat">mailstat</primary>
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| 134 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 135 | </varlistentry>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <varlistentry id="procmail-prog">
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| 138 | <term><command>procmail</command></term>
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| 139 | <listitem><para>is an autonomous mail processor. It performs all the functions
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| 140 | of an <acronym>MDA</acronym> (Mail Delivery Agent).</para>
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| 141 | <indexterm zone="procmail procmail-prog">
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| 142 | <primary sortas="b-procmail">procmail</primary>
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| 143 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 144 | </varlistentry>
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| 145 | </variablelist>
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[bfe245f] | 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 148 |
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| 149 | </sect1>
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| 150 |
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