Re: mail filtering

[Mitch Blevins <mblevin@mindspring.com>]

In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying debian after using redhat for awhile and have a question about
> procmail.
> 
> With redhat I use fetchmail to download my email and as long as I have a
> procmailrc set up in my home directory my mail would be filtered
> automatically. I am using smail with debian since it was the default and
> actually the setup during install is very slick.
> 
> The problem is my mail is not being filtered. Do i need A .forward file with
> debian since I am using smail as opposed to sendmail??

Yes, put a .forward file in your home directory with the folloing line:

"|exec /usr/bin/procmail"

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