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Subject: Re: sh: cannot use | in command
From: Ed Kasky <ed @ wrenkasky . com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 08:12:07 -0800
To: Todd Lyons <todd @ mrball . net>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <200101270040.f0R0e7H13170@arm.mrball.net>

It went to /var/log/mail/mail

Before:
-rw-rw----   1 mail     mail        61558 Jan 27 00:24 mail

After:
-rw-rw----   1 mail     mail        80800 Jan 27 08:08 mail

How do I get it to move along?

Ed

At 04:40 PM Friday, 1/26/2001, you wrote -=>
>On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:25:26 -0800 Ed Kasky <ed@wrenkasky.com> wrote:
> > Jan 26 10:15:31 yoda sendmail[23351]: KAA23351: to="|usr/bin/procmail -f-
> > /usr/local/majordomo/filter/test", delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00,
> > mailer=prog, stat=Sent
> > > > The mail never went to the list and is not in a queue...
>
>Something went somewhere.  1) It didn't get delivered.  2) It didn't go
>into the queue (/var/spool/mqueue).  3) So the next place would be to look
>in the local mail directory (/var/spool/mail).  4) The last place I can
>think of to look would be /home/{username}/mbox.
>
>Do a ls -l on that directory.  Send a mail to your test list.  Do another
>ls -l on that directory.  Did any file change sizes?  If so, "su -" to that
>user and check the messages because that's where they are going.  If
>nothing changes, then I suggest scouring google for "procmail suspicious
>rcfile".  I honestly don't think it will be here because your log file does
>NOT say "mailer=local".  Good luck.

Ed Kasky
Los Angeles, CA
. . . . . . . .
Two wrongs do not make a right; it usually takes three or more.




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