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List:       procmail
Subject:    Re: Problem with spam detection/deletion
From:       Jim McMaster <mcmaster () falcon ! stortek ! com>
Date:       2001-01-31 16:27:35
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In message <5.0.2.1.2.20010130165436.07659e60@mail.professional.org>, 
Professio
nal Software Engineering said:
> At 17:00 2001-01-30 -0700, Jim McMaster wrote:
> 
> [chomp!]
> 
> >VERBOSE=1
> >:0 H:$MAILDIR/trash/.lock
> >*^$trash_header
> >| /home/mcmaster/bin/rcvstore -nounseen +trash
> >VERBOSE=0
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Finally, here is the log file:
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >procmail: [8831] Tue Jan 30 16:50:23 2001
> >procmail: No match on "^$trash_header"
> >
> >Can anyone tell me why there is no match on $trash_header?  I suspect I am
> >being stupid, but cannot see the problem.
> 
> Two things:
> 
> 1. What is trash_header set to?  Nowhere in your post do you indicate as 
> much, and given this is the one line you're having a problem with, that 
> seems to be a major omission.  To expect people to head off onto the web to 
> research the spam filter you're using in order to determine this basic 
> aspect of your problem is a bit much (seeing as the URL in question isn't 
> even the text of the script).
> 
Sorry...I realized I had forgotten the "minor detail" right after I hit 
"Send".


> 2. ^$ is a sweet regexp - empty line.  perhaps you forgot to include the $ 
> flag which would ensure that it is evaluated via sh substitution before 
> being parsed as a regexp:
> 
> * $ ^$trash_header
> 
That was it.  I misunderstood that part of the man page.
-- 
Jim McMaster
mailto:mcmaster@falcon.stortek.com

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