On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:14:02 +0000, Kevin Collins thoughtfully wrote:

> Does anyone know why procmail on my FC1 system seems to ignore
> /etc/procmailrc? I've only been using procmail for a few days, after
> having used a custom Mail::Audit/Mail::SpamAssassin script for the last
> few years. Anyway, in my early efforts with procmail so far, it seems to
> see $HOME/.procmailrc files fine but not /etc/procmailrc.
>
> What I want to achieve is to have /etc/procmailrc call spamd (system
> wide), rather than on a user by user basis so that I can use
> spamassassin's bayesian filtering on a larger spam/ham base built from all
> the users of this system.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Kevin

Wouldn't you enable spamassassin in the system wide procmailrc?
Also, as long as you have a .procmailrc I think that takes precedence.
Man procmailrc procmailex and review /usr/doc/procmail../procmailrc
examples and the /usr/doc for spamassassin site wide implementation.

In article , noi wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:14:02 +0000, Kevin Collins thoughtfully wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know why procmail on my FC1 system seems to ignore
>> /etc/procmailrc? I've only been using procmail for a few days, after
>> having used a custom Mail::Audit/Mail::SpamAssassin script for the last
>> few years. Anyway, in my early efforts with procmail so far, it seems to
>> see $HOME/.procmailrc files fine but not /etc/procmailrc.
>>
>> What I want to achieve is to have /etc/procmailrc call spamd (system
>> wide), rather than on a user by user basis so that I can use
>> spamassassin's bayesian filtering on a larger spam/ham base built from all
>> the users of this system.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Kevin
>
> Wouldn't you enable spamassassin in the system wide procmailrc?

Uh, yes, I would if the system wide procmailrc (/etc/procmailrc) were even
being used at all - it isn't, which is the point of my post

> Also, as long as you have a .procmailrc I think that takes precedence.
> Man procmailrc procmailex and review /usr/doc/procmail../procmailrc
> examples and the /usr/doc for spamassassin site wide implementation.

Yes, as it is documented, 1st /etc/procmailrc should be sourced, and then the
..procmailrc (if it exists). I tried it with ONLY /etc/procmailrc and it is
not being used. Hence the source of my confusion and frustration...

Kevin

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 01:16:48 +0000, Kevin Collins thoughtfully wrote:

> In article , noi wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:14:02 +0000, Kevin Collins thoughtfully wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know why procmail on my FC1 system seems to ignore
>>> /etc/procmailrc? I've only been using procmail for a few days, after
>>> having used a custom Mail::Audit/Mail::SpamAssassin script for the last
>>> few years. Anyway, in my early efforts with procmail so far, it seems
>>> to see $HOME/.procmailrc files fine but not /etc/procmailrc.
>>>
>>> What I want to achieve is to have /etc/procmailrc call spamd (system
>>> wide), rather than on a user by user basis so that I can use
>>> spamassassin's bayesian filtering on a larger spam/ham base built from
>>> all the users of this system.
>>>
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>
>> Wouldn't you enable spamassassin in the system wide procmailrc?
>
> Uh, yes, I would if the system wide procmailrc (/etc/procmailrc) were even
> being used at all - it isn't, which is the point of my post
>
>> Also, as long as you have a .procmailrc I think that takes precedence.
>> Man procmailrc procmailex and review /usr/doc/procmail../procmailrc
>> examples and the /usr/doc for spamassassin site wide implementation.
>
> Yes, as it is documented, 1st /etc/procmailrc should be sourced, and then
> the .procmailrc (if it exists). I tried it with ONLY /etc/procmailrc and
> it is not being used. Hence the source of my confusion and frustration...
>
> Kevin

How do you know it's not working? Which is not working /etc/procmail or
spamd/spamc in /etc/procmailrc? If there's an error in the procmailrc
rules it doesn't work.