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From: edwin@cs.ruu.nl (Edwin Kremer)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Problems with the filter program...
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Date: 29 Nov 90 15:28:18 GMT
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In <4552@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> greg@cityzoo.acs.umbc.edu (Greg Sylvain) writes:

   | 	But I can't get sendmail to work with the filter program via the 
   | .forward file, like the Filter Guide says.  I have an entry just like the 
   | guide says,
No, you haven't!!! Check the Filter Guide again and notice the missing
quotes (") in your .forward file. RTFM better...

   | My ~/.forward file looks like : 
   | greg@cityzoo.acs | /usr/local/unsupported/filter -v -o ~/.elm/filter-errors
A few remarks:

	1) multiple ``delivery'' entries in .forward (your mailbox and
	   the pipe to filter) must be seperated by a ','
	2) if one of the delivery parts contains blanks, it must
	   be quoted
	3) when sendmail if processing .forward, "~" has no meaning,
	   at least not what you expect -- use a full pathname instead

So, your .forward file should look like:

greg@cityzoo.acs, "|/usr/local/unsupported/filter -v -o /anypath/filter-errors"



			hope this helps,
						--[ Edwin ]--
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