small help :)

a7mlinux · 07-07-2009, 11:24 AM

how to give any user his own procmail which is separated from other users?
eg:
user A save his spam in /home/A/mail/spam
user B save his spam in /home/B/mail/sapm
user C save messages filtered as virus in /home/C/mail/virus

zhjim · 07-08-2009, 03:51 AM

Taken from http://userpages.umbc.edu/~ian/procmail.html

Code:

Currently, these UMBC systems are already running Procmail. 
All you need to do is compose a special file, called .procmailrc (don't forget that leading dot!),
 which describes the sorting criteria. 
Once you have this file in your $MAIL directory, Procmail will automatically be 
run on any incoming mail you receive

So I'd say just but a seperate .procmailrc file into the users $MAIL dir.

a7mlinux · 07-08-2009, 11:16 AM

not sufficient!

repo · 07-08-2009, 11:18 AM

Quote:

not sufficient!

why not?

a7mlinux · 07-08-2009, 11:28 AM

is there a way to automate all the work, it's too time consuming to write .procmailrc for every user, suppose I have 2000 user what o do?

repo · 07-08-2009, 11:35 AM

You only have to write it once, and copy it to the home directories
Since you can use

Code:

MAILDIR=$HOME/mail
SPAM=$MAILDIR/spam
VIRUS=$MAILDIR/virus

a7mlinux · 07-08-2009, 11:49 AM

then the procmail use the specified procmailrc in order to the user name which has received the message, am I right?

repo · 07-08-2009, 11:52 AM

a7mlinux · 07-08-2009, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

yep

thanks man, will need you in later steps

zhjim · 07-08-2009, 02:20 PM

Last reply on this thread. Statements like "Not enough". "will need you in further steps" are so ... Guys like you really strat to piss me off!

Add the .procmail file to the /etc/skel directory and it while magicly be copy to every new user dir.
And if you ever happen to have 2000 users think about using a simple bash script with a for loop.

a7mlinux · 07-09-2009, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zhjim

Last reply on this thread. Statements like "Not enough". "will need you in further steps" are so ... Guys like you really strat to piss me off!

Add the .procmail file to the /etc/skel directory and it while magicly be copy to every new user dir.
And if you ever happen to have 2000 users think about using a simple bash script with a for loop.

first, sorry dude

second, am too weak in shell scripting, do I need To add .procmail file in /etc/skel and write a shell script "both of them", or just do one of them?
thanks in advance

a7mlinux · 07-11-2009, 05:19 AM

am still needing help

repo · 07-11-2009, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Add the .procmail file to the /etc/skel directory and it while magicly be copy to every new user dir.

Did you tried it?

a7mlinux · 07-11-2009, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

Did you tried it?

yes I did, but the dovecot can't dealing with the new path of the INBOX, and I need to use the dovecot to read SPAM and VIRUS files too, what to do, please help

repo · 07-11-2009, 06:26 AM

Quote:

yes I did, but the dovecot can't dealing with the new path of the INBOX, and I need to use the dovecot to read SPAM and VIRUS files too, what to do, please help

Can't you change the PATH to the inbox in procmailrc?