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Reply-To:	"C. Porter Bassett" <cporter AT byu DOT edu>
From:	"C. Porter Bassett" <porter AT et DOT byu DOT edu>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	procmail cannot write to local directories
Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:47:30 -0700
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I downloaded cygwin-compiled procmail from
http://www.dd.iij4u.or.jp/~madokam/.  Right now, I am trying to use it to
filter an existing test mailbox that has two messages in it by running
 $ cat testspool |procmail

Here's my super-simple .procmailrc which should do nothing put put all
messages into ~/Mail/inbox and write its log to ~/.procmail/log:
    PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
    SHELL=/bin/sh
    VERBOSE=no
    MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
    DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/inbox
    PMDIR=$HOME/.procmail
    LOGFILE=$PMDIR/log

:0
$DEFAULT


When I try to do this, procmail gives me all kinds of odd errors.  Here's
what procmail puts into stderr:

    ~/Mail$ cat testspool |procmail
    "rocmail: Error while writing to "/home/porter/.procmail/log
    "rocmail: Skipped "
    "rocmail: Skipped "
    "rocmail: Error while writing to "/home/porter/Mail/inbox
    "rocmail: Skipped "
    .lock"il: Lock failure on "/home/porter/Mail/inbox
    "rocmail: Error while writing to "/home/porter/Mail/inbox


I have no idea why it cannot write to /home/porter/.procmail/log or
/home/porter/Mail/inbox.  I can modify both of them.  I also have no idea
why it keeps saying Skipped ".



In case it helps, here's the same thing, but with VERBOSE=yes :
    ~/Mail$ cat testspool |procmail
    procmail: [888] Mon Dec 10 12:39:43 2001
    "rocmail: Skipped "
    "rocmail: Assigning "MAILDIR=/home/porter/Mail
    "inboxil: Assigning "DEFAULT=/home/porter/Mail
    "rocmail: Assigning "PMDIR=/home/porter/.procmail
    "logmail: Assigning "LOGFILE=/home/porter/.procmail
    "logmail: Opening "/home/porter/.procmail
    "logmail: Error while writing to "/home/porter/.procmail
    "rocmail: Skipped "
    "rocmail: Skipped "
    "inboxil: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/home/porter/Mail
    "inboxil: Opening "/home/porter/Mail
    "inboxil: Error while writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    .lock"il: Locking "/home/porter/Mail
    /_4N._9QF8.PWORK"hile writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    procmail: [888] Mon Dec 10 12:39:51 2001
    .lock"il: Locking "/home/porter/Mail
    /_4N,_9QF8.PWORK"hile writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    procmail: [888] Mon Dec 10 12:39:59 2001
    .lock"il: Locking "/home/porter/Mail
    /_4N+_9QF8.PWORK"hile writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    procmail: [888] Mon Dec 10 12:40:07 2001
    .lock"il: Locking "/home/porter/Mail
    /_4N%_9QF8.PWORK"hile writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    procmail: [888] Mon Dec 10 12:40:15 2001
    .lock"il: Locking "/home/porter/Mail
    /_4N.f-QF8.PWORK"hile writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    procmail: [888] Mon Dec 10 12:40:23 2001
    .lock"il: Locking "/home/porter/Mail
    /_4N,f-QF8.PWORK"hile writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    procmail: [888] Mon Dec 10 12:40:31 2001
    .lock"il: Locking "/home/porter/Mail
    /_4N+f-QF8.PWORK"hile writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    procmail: [888] Mon Dec 10 12:40:39 2001
    .lock"il: Locking "/home/porter/Mail
    /_4N%f-QF8.PWORK"hile writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    .lock"il: Lock failure on "/home/porter/Mail
    "inboxil: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/home/porter/Mail
    "inboxil: Opening "/home/porter/Mail
    "inboxil: Error while writing to "/home/porter/Mail
    procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/var/spool/mail/porter"
    procmail: Opening "/var/spool/mail/porter"
    From <#@[]> Mon Dec 10 02:43:29 2001
    Subject: Re: mutt on cygwin
    Folder: /var/spool/mail/porter
80283
    ~/Mail$






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