Can bogofilter filter Swen

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stephen,

procmail isn't a service that needs to be turned on/off via startup
scripts in init.d.

it *could* be invoked via your .forward file, but instead, it's almost
certainly invoked directly by your MTA.  i'm not sure what rh uses.
sendmail?  anyway, debian uses exim by default, and you can see how
procmail is invoked by looking at /etc/exim/exim.conf.

looking at exim.conf, it appears that my procmai is invoked whenever
mail is to be delivered *and* a user's ~/.procmailrc is defined.  redhat
may be different, but i doubt it.

to be absolutely certain, use vi (not emacs!) to create a file named
~/.procmailrc.  the contents of this line should be:

VERBOSE=1
LOGFILE=/home/stephen/MAILLOG

replace "/home/stephen" with whatever your home directory is.   you
should see a file named MAILLOG appear the next time you get an email.
if you see this file appear and grow with time, you know procmail is
being run.

if you don't see MAILLOG appear, you need to read your system docs
(most likely /usr/share/doc/procmail/) to see how procmail is to be
invoked.  once upon a time, everyone used .forward files, but procmail
has become so ubiquitous that it's using done directly through the MTA.

pete




On Wed 24 Sep 03, 12:33 PM, Stephen Liu <satimis at icare.com.hk> said:
> Hi Jef,
> 
> RH9
> Evolution 1.4
> =============
> 
> Thanks for your advice.
> 
> I don't think procmail is running on my OS.  Although it is a standard
> installation on RH9.0
> 
> # rpm -q procmail
> procmail-3.22-9
> 
> # ntsysv
> Could not find it
> 
> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/procmail status
> -bash: /etc/rc.d/init.d/procmail: No such file or directory
> 
> On clicking 'Send/Receive' botton Evolution downloads emails from ISP
> server via POP3 account.  What I need is filter to delete W32/Swen
> during download.
> 
> B.R.
> Stephen
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 01:51, Jef Poskanzer wrote:
> > Of course, if you're running bogofilter from procmail it's pretty easy
> > to filter it and other viruses:
> > 
> > :0 B
> > * ^TVqQAA
> > $HOME/mh/junk/.		# or wherever you send junk
> 
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