From: Vikki Roemer (no email)
Date: Sun Dec 01 2002 - 22:53:44 EST
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 11:32:27PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
> (Vikki Roemer) writes:
>
> >> No, on failure, it exits with code 75 (EX_TEMPFAIL) right away.
> >
> > Oh. So, when it runs into a problem, it just gives up?
>
> Yes, it does. And it tells Postfix to retry later (the user may have
> fixed the .mailfilter file or deleted some big files that filled up his
> disk.)
Yeah, I found that out. But, I found out that it's not a Bad Thing
like it is with procmail-- the mail just goes back in the queue,
rather than being bounced.
>
> Yes, so you'd need to trace what's wrong, procmail has a verbose mode,
> as has maildrop.
Well, procmail's recipes are still incomprehensible to me, so it was
easier to switch to maildrop. *shrug* I'm just lazy like that
sometimes. :)
>
> > That's one thing I'm annoyed about. Also, no matter what I tell
> > procmail, it won't put random mail that doesn't fit into any other
> > mailbox into my ~/Mail/inbox ; it insists on putting it in /var/mail.
>
> You can override DEFAULT. DEFAULT=~/Mail/inbox
Yep, that was the first thing I did the other night.
> > *shrug* That doesn't sound bad. Absurd is taking 3+ minutes to
> > process 1 message. Or something close to that. What is or is not
> > 'absurd' depends on my mood. :)
>
> On my personal computer, when mail ran on a IBM DJNA-class ATA drive,
> local would deliver 11 emails/s, procmail 3, and maildrop somewhat less
> than procmail, but still more than 1 email/s.
Actually, I'm not noticing that much difference between procmail and
maildrop, speedwise. Sometimes, it seems that maildrop is faster,
actually-- but I'm not sure on that. *shrug*
>
> > No, I don't think that would work-- I receive my email through my ISP,
> > 2khiway, a la fetchmail. I'm just using my own SMTP server to send
> > out mail (rather than just for local delivery with spam-filtering) because
> > 2khiway's brain-damaged Win2k server wouldn't play nicely with my
> > postfix server-- it would silently drop all the mail that I tried
> > sending out, unless it was test mail to myself.
>
> Wow, excellent service. Not.
Heh. Yeah, really. Though, I really shouldn't rag on them too much
because I never emailed tech support. I was afraid that a) they would
get the wrong idea and get paranoid about my SMTP server and b) that
they would get upset or whatever and decide to be totally unhelpful
because I'm running Linux (I've heard of ISPs that are like that). It
turns out that I shouldn't have worried, but I found that out after
the fact.
>
> > They've gotten a new server since then, but I'm happy with my setup
> > and I'm keeping it. :) So I haven't tried sending through 2khiway. I
> > would see about getting my own domain name and setting up my own pop3
> > server, but my parents can't afford the electric bills they'd get from
> > me keeping my computer up 24/7. :( Oh, well. Anyway...
>
> You'd have to have a leased line or static IP, and that's going to be
> REALLY expensive.
Yeah. Well, DSL is available in this area (finally), but my dad is
unemployed at the moment so the last thing we have money for is a
shiny new broadband router, 100' of cat5 cable (to network our 2
computers together), and a $10 increase in our monthly internet
bill. :(
>
> > So I've apt-gotten maildrop, and I'm going to set it up and see how it
> > is. Wish me luck. :\
>
> No need. maildrop is not a game of luck :-)
:) Yeah, really. Procmail is-- trying to guess which combination of
hieroglyphs will send the mail to my mailbox and not /dev/null ;).
But maildrop's mailfiltering language is surprisingly straightforward.
Yes, I know I probably sound like a broken record, and a pathetically
cheerful one, too, but I'm just impressed with maildrop. *shrug*
Thank you for all your help.
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