On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 11:03:09PM -0600, Alejandro González Hernández - Imoq wrote: [snip] > I used to have these rules: > > PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin > MAILDIR=$HOME/mail #you'd better make sure it exists > #DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/mbox #completely optional > LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail-log #recommended > > # psyche list > :0: > * ^TO_psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > mail/psyche You have MAILDIR set, which means procmail is trying to send the mail to $HOME/mail/mail/psyche, which I'm guessing doesn't exist. That's what causes the lock file error. [snip] > ... some time ago, but they didn't seem to work (they always complained > about some lock file) so I had to remove them. > > Thanks, > > Alex. I use this in my ~/.procmailrc for fedora-list: MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail :0: * ^List-Id: .*fedora-list.redhat.com IN.fedora-list Hope that helps. -chris