Re: Procmailrc start

* Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[email protected]> [08-26-11 09:22]:
> Yes I am a newbie to procmail, so I ask that you point me to some
> information so I can start using and understanding this program.
> 
mailing list is:     [email protected]
home page is:        http://www.procmail.org/
excellent pointers:  http://www.professional.org/procmail/disclaimer.html

> Unfortunately this is a production system and there is no backup. That
> is being remedied but in the meantime the procmail filters still need
> setting up.

as long as you do not recipe mail to /dev/null, you should be able to
recover *any* msg on your system that procmail has directed.
 
> I have obtained and had an introductory read of the book called Procmail
> Companion (McCarthy)

This should be excellent, she is an expert.

> , the procmail homepage, and done significant Google searching as well
> as fairly extensive man page work, all without being able to find an
> explanation of what the 'default' lines of code would be for a
> procmailrc file.  Is there a list of the lines of code that could go in
> the start of the file, if so where?

http://www.professional.org/procmail/disclaimer.html

> If not, what are the bare minimum lines? A full listing of them would be
> better as then I can add just the ones needed.

http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/
 
> I would assume the following lines of code before the recipes:
> 
> Maildir
> log
> verbose
> path
> 
> What else before the recipes start?

you should be able to to decide from the links above.
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