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3.7 KiB
XML
119 lines
3.7 KiB
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY procmail-download-http "http://www.procmail.org/procmail-&procmail-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY procmail-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.procmail.net/pub/procmail/procmail-&procmail-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY procmail-md5sum "1678ea99b973eb77eda4ecf6acae53f1">
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<!ENTITY procmail-size "338 KB">
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<!ENTITY procmail-buildsize "1.5 MB">
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<!ENTITY procmail-time "0.38 SBU">
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]>
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<sect1 id="procmail" xreflabel="Procmail-&procmail-version;">
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<?dbhtml filename="procmail.html"?>
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<title>Procmail-&procmail-version;</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>Introduction to <application>Procmail</application></title>
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<para>The <application>Procmail</application> package contains an autonomous
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mail processor. This is useful for filtering and sorting incoming mail.</para>
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<sect3><title>Package information</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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url="&procmail-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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url="&procmail-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &procmail-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download size: &procmail-size;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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&procmail-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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&procmail-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Installation of <application>Procmail</application></title>
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<para>Install <application>Procmail</application> by running the following
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commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp install &&
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make install-suid</command></userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Command explanations</title>
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<para><command>make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp install</command>: This prevents
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<command>make</command> from asking you where to test file-locking
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patterns.</para>
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<para><command>make install-suid</command>: Modifies permissions of
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the installed files.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Configuring <application>Procmail</application></title>
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<sect3><title>Config files</title>
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<para><filename>/etc/procmailrc</filename>,
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<filename>~/.procmailrc</filename></para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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<para>Recipes have to be written and placed in your
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<filename>~/.procmailrc</filename> for execution. The procmailex man
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page is the starting place to learn how to write recipes.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Contents</title>
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<para>The <application>Procmail</application> package contains
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<command>procmail</command>,
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<command>formail</command>,
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<command>lockfile</command> and
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<command>mailstat</command>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2><title>Description</title>
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<sect3><title>procmail</title>
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<para><command>procmail</command> is an autonomous mail processor. It performs
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all the functions of a <acronym>MDA</acronym> (Mail Delivery
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Agent).</para></sect3>
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<sect3><title>formail</title>
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<para><command>formail</command> is a filter that can be used to format mail
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into mailbox format.</para></sect3>
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<sect3><title>lockfile</title>
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<para><command>lockfile</command> is a utility that can lock a file for single
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use interactively or in a script.</para></sect3>
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<sect3><title>mailstat</title>
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<para><command>mailstat</command> prints a summary report of mail that has been
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filtered by <command>procmail</command> since the last time <command>
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mailstat</command> was ran.</para></sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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