1.3.19: fetchmail's "authentication failed" message corrupted
Elfyn McBratney
elfyn-cygwin@exposure.org.uk
Sun Feb 9 04:02:00 GMT 2003
> Sorry - me again...
>
> Today at 1:31am, Iain Tuddenham wrote:
>
> | My .fetchmailrc includes
> | mda "procmail -d '%T'; notify"
> | (where notify is a little script to ring a bell).
>
> Having broadcast that to the world, I've just noticed what a bad idea it
> is:
> "procmail -d '%T'; notify"
> returns always notify's status code of 0, so fetchmail never becomes aware
> of any procmail failure.
>
> mda "procmail -d '%T' && notify"
> fixes that (and also differs in that it doesn't ring if the mail isn't
> delivered).
WOW!
If only everyone were able to answer their own questions ;-)
Regards,
Elfyn McBratney
elfyn@exposure.org.uk
www.exposure.org.uk
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