Introduction to Procmail
The Procmail package contains an
autonomous mail processor. This is useful for filtering and sorting
incoming mail.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.1
platform.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
Procmail Dependencies
Recommended
A MTA that installs
sendmail
Optional
libnsl-2.0.1
Installation of Procmail
This package does not come with a test suite.
Install Procmail by running the
following commands as the root
user:
sed -i 's/getline/get_line/' src/*.[ch] &&
patch -Np1 -i ../procmail-3.22-consolidated_fixes-1.patch &&
make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp MANDIR=/usr/share/man install &&
make install-suid
Command Explanations
sed -i 's/getline/get_line/'
src/*.[ch]: This renames procmail's getline
function to avoid conflict with the getline function from
glibc.
make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp
install: This prevents make from asking you where to
test file-locking patterns.
make install-suid:
Modifies permissions of the installed files.
Configuring Procmail
Config Files
/etc/procmailrc and ~/.procmailrc
Configuration Information
Recipes have to be written and placed in ~/.procmailrc for execution. The procmailex man
page is the starting place to learn how to write recipes. For
additional information, see also https://pm-doc.sourceforge.net/.
Contents
Installed Programs:
formail, lockfile, mailstat and
procmail
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
None
Short Descriptions
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formail
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is a filter that can be used to format mail into mailbox
format
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lockfile
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is a utility that can lock a file for single use
interactively or in a script
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mailstat
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prints a summary report of mail that has been filtered by
procmail
since the last time mailstat was ran
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procmail
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is an autonomous mail processor. It performs all the
functions of an MDA (Mail Delivery Agent)
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