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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: filter error not obvious (to me)
Message-ID: <8700005@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 11 Jul 90 19:19:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!phil    Jul 11 14:19:00 1990


The error is not obvious (and the error messages give no details) so I cannot
figure out why it does not work.  Can anyone here see anything obvious to this?

Script started on Wed Jul 11 14:15:42 1990
Mail in /usr/spool/mail/phil.
phil@ux1:/cso/staff/phil 1> ls -l .filter-rules
-rw-r--r--  1 phil          375 Jul 11 14:13 .filter-rules
phil@ux1:/cso/staff/phil 2> cat .filter-rules
#!/bin/cat
# ~/.filter-rules
#
sender	= "irclist-request@tolsun.oulu.fi" ? save "/cso/staff/phil/.mail/irc"
to	= "gif@lut.fi" ? save "/cso/staff/phil/.mail/gif"
to	= "tiff@ucbvax.berkeley.edu" ? save "/cso/staff/phil/.mail/tiff"
from	= "hazards@vaxf.colorado.edu" ? save "/cso/staff/phil/.mail/drc"
sender	= "3d-request%bfmny0@uunet.uu.net" ? save "/cso/staff/phil/.mail/3d"
phil@ux1:/cso/staff/phil 3> filter -r
filter (phil): Couldn't read user filter rules file!
filter (phil): Couldn't get rules!
phil@ux1:/cso/staff/phil 4> exit
phil@ux1:/cso/staff/phil 5> 
script done on Wed Jul 11 14:16:19 1990

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