Hi, I'm trying to configure procmail to manage imap emails running on dovecot. The filtering works, but always leaves a copy of a email in the inbox. What's the cause and how can I avoid this duplication? Thanks. .procmailrc and log output are below: VERBOSE=on PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin MAILDIR=$HOME/boxes/domain.com/fred^/.imap/ LOGFILE=$HOME/proclog SHELL=/bin/sh :0: * ^Subject:.*test Stuff --------------- procmail: Assigning "SHELL=/bin/sh" procmail: Match on "^Subject:.*test" procmail: Locking "Stuff.lock" procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=Stuff" procmail: Opening "Stuff" procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock procmail: Unlocking "Stuff.lock" procmail: Notified comsat: "username@number:/usr/home/username/boxes/domian.com/fred^/.imap//Stuff" From [email protected] Sat Jan 24 00:04:42 2015 Subject: test Folder: Stuff 2213
Solved. Found an ancient post from an extremely helpful Pair Networks user explaining how to write a recipe without letting qmail interfere. http://ziggr.com/pairmail/ "EXITCODE=99 tells qmail that we are going to take care of delivering each message, and that qmail does not need to deliver it to the mailbox. If we did not do this, qmail would see the default return code 0 (OK) and interpret that as "the filter program said the email was acceptable, so now I should deliver it." This results in duplicate copies of all mail landing in your mailbox, as well as filtered spam/ham copies landing in spam/ham mailboxes." The final working recipe: LOGFILE=$HOME/proclog VERBOSE=YES # prevent qmail (the program that is calling procmail # as a filter) from delivering the original mail. EXITCODE=99 MAILDIR=$HOME/boxes/domain.com INBOX=$MAILDIR/fred GREY=$MAILDIR/fred^/.imap/grey JUNK=$MAILDIR/fred^/.imap/Junk TEST=$MAILDIR/fred^/.imap/Test # Spam level 5.0 or greater :0 * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\* ${JUNK} # Spam level 2.0-4.9: hold in grey area :0 * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\* ${GREY} :0: * ^Subject:.*test ${TEST} # Spam level < 2.0: it's probably real email, deliver as normal :0: ${INBOX}
