%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy: bdubbs $ $Date: 2015-03-01 20:45:33 -0500 (Sun, 01 Mar 2015) $ Procmail The Procmail package contains an autonomous mail processor. This is useful for filtering and sorting incoming mail. &lfs77_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &procmail-md5sum; Download size: &procmail-size; Estimated disk space required: &procmail-buildsize; Estimated build time: &procmail-time; User Notes: This package does not come with a test suite. Install Procmail by running the following commands as the root user: sed -i 's/getline/get_line/' src/*.[ch] && make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp MANDIR=/usr/share/man install && make install-suid sed -i 's/getline/get_line/' src/*.[ch]: This renames procmail's getline function to avoid conflict with the getline function from glibc. make LOCKINGTEST=/tmp install: This prevents make from asking you where to test file-locking patterns. make install-suid: Modifies permissions of the installed files. /etc/procmailrc and ~/.procmailrc ~/.procmailrc /etc/procmailrc Recipes have to be written and placed in ~/.procmailrc for execution. The procmailex man page is the starting place to learn how to write recipes. For additional information, see also . Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories formail, lockfile, mailstat and procmail None None Short Descriptions formail is a filter that can be used to format mail into mailbox format. formail lockfile is a utility that can lock a file for single use interactively or in a script. lockfile mailstat prints a summary report of mail that has been filtered by procmail since the last time mailstat was ran. mailstat procmail is an autonomous mail processor. It performs all the functions of an MDA (Mail Delivery Agent). procmail