procmail config help
Karl Vogel
vogelke+unix at pobox.com
Wed Nov 17 22:14:10 UTC 2010
>> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:59:10 +0000 (UTC),
>> AN <andy at neu.net> said:
A> If anyone has a working procmail config file to share that would be
A> appreciated.
When messing with procmail, start with the simplest setup that can
possibly work. Your logfile has to exist, or procmail will ignore it.
If you already have a working .procmailrc file, here's a safe way to
add tweaks:
1. copy an existing mail message to /tmp/msg,
2. cp $HOME/.procmailrc $HOME/.procnew and DON'T touch the original,
3. run "procmail -m $HOME/.procnew < /tmp/msg" to test.
Try the .procmailrc skeleton below. The .whitelist and .blacklist files
hold email addresses (one per line) that you want to pass or block,
respectively. Logfiles are stored in the user's ~/mail directory.
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# $Revision: 1.60+6 $ $Date: 2010-07-08 15:19:01-04 $
#
# NAME:
# $HOME/.procmailrc
#
# DESCRIPTION:
# "procmail" handles local mail delivery. Use this file to:
# - store your mail in a given folder,
# - forward or discard mail depending on the contents, or
# - run your mail through a program automatically.
# Search path.
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:$HOME/bin
# Default mail folder.
DEFAULT=/var/mail/andy
# Current directory while procmail is executing.
# All pathnames are relative to this directory.
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
# File containing error messages or diagnostics. If this
# file does not exist, said messages will be bounced
# back to the message sender.
LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/MAILLOG
# If yes, keep an abstract of the From and Subject lines of
# each delivered message, the folder it was delivered to,
# and the size of the message. If no, skip this abstract.
LOGABSTRACT=yes
# If on, describe actions of procmail in detail.
#VERBOSE=on
# Number of seconds before procmail zaps a lockfile by force.
LOCKTIMEOUT=5
# Default shell and umask value.
SHELL=/bin/sh
UMASK=022
# Frequently-used variables.
WEEK="`/bin/date +%Yw%W`"
#====================================================================
# Rules section.
#
# RULE: Save a copy of all incoming headers in a file called
# $HOME/mail/HEADERS.YYYYwNN
# where YYYY = year
# NN = the week number starting on Monday.
:0 chw: $HOME/hdr.lck
| /bin/cat - >> $HOME/mail/HEADERS.$WEEK;
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# RULE: pass anything in the sender whitelist.
:0:
* ? formail -x"From:" -x"From" -x"To:" -x"Reply-To:" -x"Cc:" \
| fgrep -is -f $HOME/.whitelist
$DEFAULT
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# RULE: kill anything in the sender blacklist.
:0:
* ? formail -x"From:" -x"From" -x"To:" -x"Reply-To:" -x"Cc:" \
| fgrep -is -f $HOME/.blacklist
spam-folder
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# Keep everything else.
:0 :
$DEFAULT
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