X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:41:18 +0100 From: Gary To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Fetchmail call to procmail no longer works under Cygwin 1.7.1-1 Message-ID: <20100222144118.GA2680@mimosa.garydjones.name> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3a8528891002220612q63d1ee8fxc69140f9b41685c5 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3a8528891002220612q63d1ee8fxc69140f9b41685c5@mail.gmail.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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 ... > > On the ASUS netbook, the procmail.log confirms delivery of the messages. > On the desktop machine, the procmail.log is not written > to at all, which I take to mean that procmail is not even being executed. What does the fetchmail log say? "fetchmail: MDA open failed"? > These are single-user machines, so I have administrative privileges You're crazy :-) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple