Re: fetchmail, procmail, mutt

Hi Matthew

your file looks ok, so far, you need to check your fechmail config, because
if is working, but it is not calling procmail. you need something like

mda "/usr/bin/procmail -m /directory/to/procmail.conf"

check here for reference
http://www.ioncannon.net/system-administration/97/using-fetchmail-and-procmail-for-maildir-style-storage-from-a-pop3-account/

walter tocalini
xtremetechs,net


On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Matthew Coulliette <matthewlug@cox.net>wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to setup fetchmail to get my email from the server, procmail to
> sort my email, and mutt to read my email. So far, fetchmail appears to work.
> It gets the mail and puts it in /var/mail/username. I believe that the next
> step is to have procmail sort it into mailboxes. I have created a .mail dir
> in my home dir. I attached a copy of the .procmailrc file that I have
> written. It does not appear to work. Can someone tell me what is wrong with
> the config file. Any other comments or suggestions are also welcome.
>
> MatthewMPP
>
> #procmailrc file by MatthewMPP, 04-18-10
> #routes incoming mail to appropriate mail boxes
>
> #ASSIGNMENTS
> PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin #this is where it looks for programs.
> #MAILDIR=/var/mail/matthewmpp #this is where fetchmail put my email.
> MAILDIR=/home/matthewmpp/.mail
> #DEFAULT=/home/matthewmpp/.mail/all
> LOGFILE=/home/matthewmpp/.procmail.log #this is where it should put the
> log.
> SHELL=/bin/sh #this is the shell
> VERBOSE=yes
>
> #RECIPES
> #Put mail into mailboxes
> :0
> * ^To:.*matthewmpp@cox.net
> all
>
>
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