[Pkg-exim4-users] router/exim4-config_procmail

Andreas Metzler ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org
Fri Aug 5 16:56:54 UTC 2005


On 2005-08-04 Csanyi Pal <csanyipal at sks.co.yu> wrote:
[...]
> exim4 -bt fetchmail
> R: system_aliases for fetchmail at sks.co.yu
> R: userforward for fetchmail at sks.co.yu
> R: procmail for fetchmail at sks.co.yu
> R: maildrop for fetchmail at sks.co.yu
> R: local_user for fetchmail at sks.co.yu
> fetchmail at sks.co.yu
>   router = local_user, transport = mail_spool

> The fetchmail-user was created automatically when I install fetchmail. 
> The fetchmail-user doesn't have /home/fetchmail/ directory.
> The fetchmail run as a system-wide daemon, and I have the 
> /etc/fetchmailrc config file. In this fetchmailrc file stand the line:
> smtp localhost

> So, I think that that fetchmail daemon forwards the mails to exim4, 
> isn't?

Yes, that is how fetchmail works, it delivers the mail per SMTP.

> I whish that that exim4 forwards all mail he gets from fetchmail 
> daemon to user csanyipal with procmail_pipe.

> How can I do that? Thanks!

Either configure fetchmail properly (user csanyipal) or add

fetchmail: csanyipal

to /etc/aliases.
          cu andreas

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