Re: rc.local config question

On [2005-Jan-10]  Stan Goodman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If I understand the above correctly, this is a snippet intended to
examine an
> incoming message, and determine if there is an address in any of the named
> headers that is identical to an address in the dist file, and, if not,
to throw
> it into a file called . SPAMTRAP (I think the "$" is not part of the
filename;
> is that correct?

Pretty much. The variable $SPAMTRAP is assigned a file name via an entry like

SPAMTRAP=mylistspam

which preceeds the recipe given and where mylistspam is the actual
filename that will be used when procmail writes if the recipe succeeds.

>
> I hope someone will correct me if I am wrong (I don't even know the name
of the
> language in which thise scripts are written, so anything is possible).

It is written in "procmail" (use man procmail and man formail as a
starting point to understand the recipes/instructions in smartlist
(smartlist is 'written' in procmail and in sh)

>
> I think there is more to its main paragraph that than, because I can't
account
> for all the terms.
>
> I am not clear what to do with the sentence "(define $SPAMTRAP to be a
file of
> your choice)". How define?

see above

>
> In what file is this piece of script intended to go? And does it matter
where
> in that file it is located?

That little recipe would go in rc.local.r00. It is, as Charlie pointed
out, quite draconian. Once in place then only messages purporting to come
from someone already subscribed to your list will get through so you might
want to at least examine what gets put into the $SPAMTRAP file every once
and awhile.

The rc.local.r00 file goes into the directory containing all of the other
list's files.

If all this makes very little sense thenI'd spend some time looking at the
existing rc.local.** files (along with rc.submit and rc.request) to start
getting a basic idea of what each does and why. You don't need to be an
'adept' to make small changes but some familiarity is a really good idea.
I assume you can also make up a test list in which to run your additions
before commiting them to a real list.

Rich