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to: David Gonzalez
from: Benny Pedersen
date: 2003-05-16 21:19:22
subject: procmail

Hello David!

16 May 03 09:52, David Gonzalez wrote to Benny Pedersen:

 BP >> find the procmailrc file from emailpkt install it into
 BP >> $(HOME)./procmailrc
 DG> Do i have to edit it, or will it just work the way it is?.

only so the path to emailpkt is ok

 BP >> last get fetchmail to fetch the mails to emailpkt, done :)
 DG> Done!, but haven't tested it yet.

:)

 BP >> did you have emailpkt working on the sending part ?
 DG> Nope, havent tried it as i dunno the settings i have to make on MBSE 
 DG> so tehy're not sent directly.

your mbse setup have nothing to do with emailpkt at all :)

 DG> Can you give a hand?.

explain your problem :)

 BP >> the cvs version of emailpkt is brokken :(
 DG> Too bad, who is maintaining it anyway?.

none at the moment :(

 BP >> fetchmailconf will help you with configure your fetchmail
 DG> Did it using webmin (great app)

yes, just a shame not all options on fetchmail can be set from there :/

 BP >> remember to have "is xpoint" or what localuser you
have emailpkt
 BP >> running as
 DG> Where do i set that up .fetchmailrc or  .procmailrc?.

in .fetchmailrc

 BP >> if you got stook in this post your .fetchmailrc without passwords
 DG> Yes oh yes i am and very hard:

...

 DG> :0
 >> * ^Subject.Transport.* this is the subject of TransX msgs from 
 >> 4:801/161
 DG> | emailpkt receive

this looks okay to me, what do you see in procmail log ?

 DG> === inicio .fetchmailrc ===
 DG> defaults
 DG>     proto pop3
 DG> poll correo.007mundo.com

 DG>     proto pop3
leave that one out :)

 DG>     user "transx"
 DG>     pass "SEKRET"
 DG>     is mbse

this was the part :)

 DG>     keep

you use a shareing email account ?

 DG>     fetchall

okay if its a shared one, if you have a email account just for emailpkt
(transx) you may leave out the keep and fetchall

 DG> I don't have clear something i see on webmain a filed to type 
 DG> "command to run before/after connecting" i'm guessing
that somewgere here 
 DG> you have to put emailpkt :?.

nope emailpkt is runned from procmail :)

and procmail is started from postfix, and postfix is, newer mind :)

 DG> Thanks for the hand.

no problem

 DG> Hope u answer today, i'm in a hurry and have about 1500+ msgs since 
 DG> January which i haven't processed because of this.

email msgs ?

 DG> C'ya!

 Regards Benny

... and it works :)

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