procmail

[Scott Gose]

I don't know what "cyrus" is.  My 'yum search cyrus' didn't return
anything mail related.

If you want to do simple procmail filtering using postfix, from a stock
Fedora install, you need to first install postfix and disable sendmail:

    # yum install postfix
    # yum install procmail
    # checkconfig sendmail off
    # checkconfig postfix on
    # service sendmail stop
    # service postfix start

Make sure the following line is uncommented in /etc/postfix/main.cf:

    mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail

Reload Postfix's configuration:

    # service postfix reload

Create a file in your home directory called ~/.procmailrc
Here's the start of mine:

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Environment
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
MAILDIR=$HOME/mail              # make sure it exists
DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/inbox          # completely optional
LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log   # recommended
LOCKFILE=$MAILDIR/.proclock
                                                                                      
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# If things are messed up really badly you can always set
VERBOSE=no
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# SUBJECT's
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
:0
* ^SUBJECT*****SPAM*****
junk
                                                                                      
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# FROM's
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
:0
* ^FROM.Norton_AntiVirus
junk

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# TO's
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      
:0
* ^TOowner-
majordomo

Now, for example, mail with *****SPAM***** in the subject will go in
~/mail/junk.  Good luck.


On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 04:43:59PM -0500, Tim Currie wrote:
> charles norwood wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 12:56, Tim Currie wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Well, there's one good thing about the flood of messages this list gets: 
> >>it convinced my to get off my lazy arse and get postfix/procmail/cyrus 
> >>working so I don't have to sort by hand! :)
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >O.K. Tell us how you did it.  Are you using sendmail?  If so, how is
> >sendmail configured to work with cyrus and procmail?
> >Chuck
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> ok... I'm using postfix, not sendmail. Here's what i did:
> In /etc/postfix/master.cf I added
> 
> procmail  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>  flags=R user=cyrus argv=/usr/bin/procmail -t -m USER=${user} 
> EXTENSION=${extension} /etc/procmailrc
> 
> Then in /etc/postfix/main.cf I un-commented
> 
> mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -t -a "$EXTENSION"
> 
> and changed
> 
> mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/file/name
> 
> to
> 
> mailbox_transport = procmail
> 
> Then I created /etc/procmailrc thus:
> 
> ###
> #
> # Master Procmail Recipe for Postfix > Procmail > Cyrus
> #
> ###
> DELIVERTO="/usr/cyrus/bin/deliver"
> USERINBOX="$DELIVERTO -e -a $USER -m user.$USER"
> 
> #
> # OPTIONAL: Include users' own .procmail recipe files
> #
> INCLUDERC=/home/$USER/.procmailrc
> 
> #
> # Last but not least, deliver mail that falls through to the user's INBOX
> #
> :0 w
> | $USERINBOX
> 
> And finally, in my home directory i created my own .procmailrc file like 
> this:
> 
> # My Rules
> 
> :0 w
> * ^TO.fedora-list
> | $DELIVERTO -e -a $USER -m user.$USER.Lists.Fedora
> 
> :0 w
> * ^TO.redhat-intall-list
> | $DELIVERTO -e -a $USER -m user.$USER.Lists.Redhat-Install
> 
> :0 w
> * ^TO.xfree86-list
> | $DELIVERTO -e -a $USER -m user.$USER.Lists.Redhat-XFree86
> 
> Restarted postfix and Voila! All my RedHat-related mail is presorted!
> 
> -Tim
> 
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> then it was fixed in time and put in a box. GNU/Linux software, in
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Scott Gose
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