[SGVLUG] Procmail logging

[Tod E. Kurt]

I think you want the variable LOGFILE not LOG.

On Aug 22, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Emerson, Tom wrote:

> I have in my .procmailrc file the lines
>
>    PROCMAILDIR=$HOME/.procmail
>    LOG=$PROCMAILDIR/pmlog
>    LOGABSTRACT=all
>    VERBOSE=yes
>
> However the "pmlog" file doesn't appear to be being written (it  
> exists,
> but with a zero bytecount)
>
> What might I be overlooking?
>
> (the system is also using postfix & spamassassin; arranged so that
> incoming mail passed to spamassassin, which in turn re-mails it to  
> port
> 10025 which postfix realizes means "deliver locally using procmail")
>
> /var/log/mail dutifully shows that it is passing things to procmail:
>
> Aug 22 17:01:20 osnut postfix/local[13495]: F23D1B78:
> to=<tom at localhost.homelinux.net>, relay=local, delay=1, status=sent
> ("|/usr/bin/procmail -f- -a "$USER"")
>
> And I know procmail is indeed picking up "my" .procmailrc file (as it
> has various "recipies" to sort mail, and they are working)
>
> Do I need to open up permissions on pmlog?  [thinking that perhaps the
> "process" that is running procmail is not "me"]  (currently rw-r--r--)
>
> Tom Emerson
> 818-977-8828
>