Re: Q: Working .forward?

[Glyn Millington <glyn@mill29.fsnet.co.uk>]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:53:56PM +0100, thus spake Jonathan Gift:
> Hi,
> 
> Back again...
> 
> > What about this section in exim.conf?
> > 
> > local_delivery:
> >   driver = appendfile
> >   group = mail
> >   mode = 0660
> >   mode_fail_narrower = false
> >   envelope_to_add = true
> >   file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
> > 
> > Did you try to change this?
> 
> No, it's all there.
> 
> > 
> > What about procmail?
> > 
> > :0
> > * 
> > /home/user/mail
> 
> Same here.
> 
> The .forward is reset again to the man pages on procmail indication for
> exim:
> |/usr/bin/procmail

I take that the above line is from your exim.conf? Are you absolutely wedded
to the idea of a .forward file?  Procmail is a much more useful tool.  Try
this:- 

Shove this into a file called .procmailrc in your home directory

:0:
* 
/home/user/mail


ERASE or otherwise remove the .forward file  - if you have a .procmailrc you
don't need it. 

Try again - it should work!

HTH

Glyn


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