Re: implicit lock in formail

[Defresne Sylvain <sylvain.defresne@enst-bretagne.fr>]

Hello
* Marco C . (magicdice@inwind.it) wrote:
> Hi guys!!!
> Every time I run fetchmail->procmail->formail, I get this message in
> procmail.log:
> 
> procmail: Couldn't determine implicit lockfile from "/usr/bin/formail"
> 
> The only place where I use formail is in .procmailrc, where I put the lines:
> # cancels the header Received:
> :0fhw:
> | $FORMAIL -I Received:          # I defined FORMAIL = /usr/bin/formail 

	You need to remove the second colon from this line. It tells
	procmail to use a lock and since you don't provide a name, it
	try to determine the name of the lock from the name of the
	mailbox and it fails cause of the pipe.

	So you should have :

:0fhw
| $FORMAIL -I Received:


> This filter does its work, but the log file continues to warn me!!!
> Can you help me? (as in three imaginary boys...)
> 
> Thanks in advance, marco

Bye
-- 
DEFRESNE Sylvain