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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:02:08 -0500
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Fetchmail call to procmail no longer works under Cygwin 1.7.1-1
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Thomas,

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:12:00AM -0500, Thomas Baker wrote:
> The problem is that since the upgrade to Cygwin 1.7, the fetchmail
> on my _desktop_ computer no longer passes the incoming messages to the
> MDA procmail.  Each incoming message, retrieved with POP3, is saved
> undelivered as an individual file in /var/spool/mail/tbaker, e.g.:
> 
> 	/var/spool/mail/tbaker/msg.AdZ
> 	/var/spool/mail/tbaker/msg.IdE ...

Is /var/spool/mail/tbaker a directory on your desktop?  I expected it to
be a (mbox formatted) file.

Does running fetchmail with multiple -v options and/or procmail in
VERBOSE=yes mode help located the problem?

Jason

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