Thanks Paul
Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 11:25:57AM -0400, Mike Manchester wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to setup procmail (your presentation at Dunden convinced me I need
> > it). I read in a FAQ that the following needs to be added to the ~/.forward
> > file.
> > "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/local/bin/procmail || exit 75 #myid"
> >
> > My question is do I need this and what does it do?
> >
>
> I don't think you do need this, if sendmail is set up to deliver to
> procmail (it will mention procmail at the bottom of your sendmail.cf if
> it's set up that way). I believe using the .forward mechanism is only
> if your MTA doesn't deliver to procmail. Then, the MTA (e.g. sendmail)
> checks .forward and does whatever it says there, which would be (in
> this case) to run procmail.
>
> Paul
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