From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Gnus + procmail question
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:26:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4nn0cufpnh.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vuobrtbs744.fsf@csa.bu.edu> (Emerick Rogul's message of "Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:16:27 -0400")
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, emerick@cs.bu.edu wrote:
> I'm using procmail to pre-filter my e-mail so that anything with a
> dangerous-looking attachment (.exe, .pif, etc.) gets forwarded to
> /dev/null (everything else stays in my spool). Given that this is
> the only way I'm using procmail, do I have to tell Gnus about it at
> all?
If you're using IMAP to get mail, maybe the server should know about
procmail's lock files.
If it's a local spool, Gnus should respect procmail's file locks but I
don't know for sure that it does. I have never had problems because
of it, but I may have had the problems and not realized it.
Ted
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-24 10:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-23 18:16 Emerick Rogul
2003-09-24 7:10 ` David Edmondson
2003-09-24 10:26 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
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