[bfe245f] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/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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[5bd4ba6e] | 7 | <!-- <!ENTITY procmail-download-http "http://www.procmail.org/procmail-&procmail-version;.tar.gz"> -->
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| 8 | <!ENTITY procmail-download-http "http://www.ring.gr.jp/archives/net/mail/procmail/procmail-&procmail-version;.tar.gz">
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[f3aea8b] | 9 | <!ENTITY procmail-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/procmail/procmail-&procmail-version;.tar.gz">
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[55c657e] | 10 | <!ENTITY procmail-md5sum "1678ea99b973eb77eda4ecf6acae53f1">
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[d45e8c9] | 11 | <!ENTITY procmail-size "226 KB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY procmail-buildsize "1.7 MB">
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[475078b] | 13 | <!ENTITY procmail-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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[bfe245f] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[1708d1e9] | 16 | <sect1 id="procmail" xreflabel="Procmail-&procmail-version;">
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[97063a43] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="procmail.html"?>
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[e6f1fd6] | 18 |
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[97063a43] | 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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[e6f1fd6] | 23 |
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[97063a43] | 24 | <title>Procmail-&procmail-version;</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 25 |
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[97063a43] | 26 | <indexterm zone="procmail">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Procmail">Procmail</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 29 |
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[97063a43] | 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Procmail</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 32 |
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[f314186c] | 33 | <para>The <application>Procmail</application> package contains an autonomous
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[97063a43] | 34 | mail processor. This is useful for filtering and sorting incoming mail.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 35 |
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[60d53ec3] | 36 | &lfs78_checked;
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[d4796f8b] | 37 |
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[97063a43] | 38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 39 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&procmail-download-http;"/></para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&procmail-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &procmail-md5sum;</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download size: &procmail-size;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &procmail-buildsize;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Estimated build time: &procmail-time;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | </itemizedlist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 59 |
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[061ec9d] | 60 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 61 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/procmail"/></para>
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| 62 |
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[97063a43] | 63 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 64 |
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[97063a43] | 65 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 66 | <title>Installation of Procmail</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 67 |
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[5b06328] | 68 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 69 |
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[f314186c] | 70 | <para>Install <application>Procmail</application> by running the following
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[97063a43] | 71 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 72 |
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[191ae95] | 73 | <screen role='root'><userinput>sed -i 's/getline/get_line/' src/*.[ch] &&
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[80d6d7d5] | 74 |
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[7a218fa] | 75 | make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp MANDIR=/usr/share/man install &&
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[97063a43] | 76 | make install-suid</userinput></screen>
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[e6f1fd6] | 77 |
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[97063a43] | 78 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 79 |
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[97063a43] | 80 | <sect2 role="commands">
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[e3353b3] | 81 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 82 |
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[191ae95] | 83 | <para><command>sed -i 's/getline/get_line/' src/*.[ch]</command>: This renames
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| 84 | procmail's getline function to avoid conflict with the getline function from
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| 85 | <application>glibc</application>.</para>
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| 86 |
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[f314186c] | 87 | <para><command>make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp install</command>: This prevents
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| 88 | <command>make</command> from asking you where to test file-locking
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[97063a43] | 89 | patterns.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 90 |
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[97063a43] | 91 | <para><command>make install-suid</command>: Modifies permissions of
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| 92 | the installed files.</para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 93 |
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[97063a43] | 94 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 95 |
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[97063a43] | 96 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 97 | <title>Configuring Procmail</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 98 |
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[97063a43] | 99 | <sect3 id="procmail-config">
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[e3353b3] | 100 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 101 |
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[f314186c] | 102 | <para><filename>/etc/procmailrc</filename> and
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[97063a43] | 103 | <filename>~/.procmailrc</filename></para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 104 |
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[97063a43] | 105 | <indexterm zone="procmail procmail-config">
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| 106 | <primary sortas="e-AA.procmailrc">~/.procmailrc</primary>
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| 107 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 108 |
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[97063a43] | 109 | <indexterm zone="procmail procmail-config">
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| 110 | <primary sortas="e-etc-procmailrc">/etc/procmailrc</primary>
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| 111 | </indexterm>
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[e6f1fd6] | 112 |
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[97063a43] | 113 | </sect3>
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[e6f1fd6] | 114 |
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[97063a43] | 115 | <sect3>
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| 116 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 117 |
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[a41f643] | 118 | <para>Recipes have to be written and placed in
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[e3353b3] | 119 | <filename>~/.procmailrc</filename> for execution. The procmailex man
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[0a4d3456] | 120 | page is the starting place to learn how to write recipes.
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| 121 | For additional information, see also
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[f47c5167] | 122 | <ulink url="http://pm-doc.sourceforge.net/"/>.
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[0a4d3456] | 123 | </para>
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[e6f1fd6] | 124 |
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[97063a43] | 125 | </sect3>
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[e6f1fd6] | 126 |
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[97063a43] | 127 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 128 |
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[97063a43] | 129 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 130 | <title>Contents</title>
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[e6f1fd6] | 131 |
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[97063a43] | 132 | <segmentedlist>
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| 133 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 134 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 135 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[e6f1fd6] | 136 |
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[97063a43] | 137 | <seglistitem>
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| 138 | <seg>formail, lockfile, mailstat and procmail</seg>
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| 139 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 140 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 141 | </seglistitem>
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| 142 | </segmentedlist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 143 |
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[97063a43] | 144 | <variablelist>
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| 145 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 146 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 147 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[e6f1fd6] | 148 |
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[97063a43] | 149 | <varlistentry id="formail">
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| 150 | <term><command>formail</command></term>
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| 151 | <listitem>
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| 152 | <para>is a filter that can be used to format mail into mailbox format.</para>
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| 153 | <indexterm zone="procmail formail">
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| 154 | <primary sortas="b-formail">formail</primary>
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| 155 | </indexterm>
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| 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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[e6f1fd6] | 158 |
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[97063a43] | 159 | <varlistentry id="lockfile">
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| 160 | <term><command>lockfile</command></term>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>is a utility that can lock a file for single use interactively or in a
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| 163 | script.</para>
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| 164 | <indexterm zone="procmail lockfile">
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| 165 | <primary sortas="b-lockfile">lockfile</primary>
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| 166 | </indexterm>
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| 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 | </varlistentry>
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[e6f1fd6] | 169 |
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[97063a43] | 170 | <varlistentry id="mailstat">
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| 171 | <term><command>mailstat</command></term>
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| 172 | <listitem>
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[f314186c] | 173 | <para>prints a summary report of mail that has been filtered by
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[e6f1fd6] | 174 | <command>procmail</command> since the last time <command>mailstat</command>
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[97063a43] | 175 | was ran.</para>
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| 176 | <indexterm zone="procmail mailstat">
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| 177 | <primary sortas="b-mailstat">mailstat</primary>
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| 178 | </indexterm>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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[e6f1fd6] | 181 |
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[97063a43] | 182 | <varlistentry id="procmail-prog">
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| 183 | <term><command>procmail</command></term>
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| 184 | <listitem>
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[f314186c] | 185 | <para>is an autonomous mail processor. It performs all the functions
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[97063a43] | 186 | of an MDA (Mail Delivery Agent).</para>
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| 187 | <indexterm zone="procmail procmail-prog">
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| 188 | <primary sortas="b-procmail">procmail</primary>
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| 189 | </indexterm>
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| 190 | </listitem>
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| 191 | </varlistentry>
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| 192 | </variablelist>
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[e6f1fd6] | 193 |
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[97063a43] | 194 | </sect2>
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[e6f1fd6] | 195 |
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[f45b1953] | 196 | </sect1>
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| 197 |
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