Re: upgrade, .procmailrc funnels to /dev/null
On 01:05 Fri 14 Oct , Willie Gnarlson wrote:
> Hello fellow Debian users,
>
> I upgraded bash on my `testing' machine tonight and 4 hours passed
> before I realize procmail is filtering everything to /dev/null. Right.
>
> Does anyone have any idea why this would be matching on *all* incoming
> mail? The offending rule:
>
> ----->8-----
>
> #### ==========================
> #### Blacklist
> #### ==========================
> BL=/home/willie/procmail.d/blacklist
> :0
> * ? (formail -x From: | /bin/fgrep -iqf $BL)
> /dev/null
>
> -----8<-----
>
> The contents of $BL is a single line with the following (it is the
> actual value, not a made up one):
>
> somebody@example.com
>
> Thanks for any clues!
Maybe a clue: i had a similar problem with 'fgrep -iqf file' when i was
creating the 'file' with my editor. But if i echo the input to the new file
it works:
echo "whateverline1" >blacklist
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