> On Friday 03 Feb 2006 21:04, Hongwei Li wrote: >> >> From: "Hongwei Li" <hongwei@xxxxxxxxx> ... >> > First of all, we have no control on Lotus Notes. We don't use it, but >> > some departments in the school use it and it is useless to tell Lotus >> > users what they should do -- those junk emails are sent out automatically >> > by something, who knows who sends them out. It is Lotus's bug, but so >> > far the Lotus Notes admins in the school have not been able to figure it >> > out what happended, why, and how to fix it. That is why I want to >> > protect my users. >> > >> > I tested your suggestion -- thanks for that! By these testing, I found a >> > new point that can explain all of my above tests! That is: the procmail >> > has a limit to the length of the subject line!!! It counts only the >> > first about 55 characters! >> > >> > Subject:.*is out of >> > works for all cases, Re:, or [Fwd:, but >> > Subject:.*is out of the >> > does not work at all. >> > >> > Then, I try to delete some letters in the middle of the subject line -- >> > As I said that the subject line has a long part >> > Aaaaaaaa Bbbbb/Ccccc Dddddddd/Eeee Ffffffffffffffffff is out of the >> > office >> > >> > If I delete some dddd ffff etc. to make it shorter, then any of my >> > procmail lines work well no matter it has Re: or [Fwd:, or others. The >> > matching string "is out of the office" is at the end of the subject line. >> > So, if it is too long (I counted, if longer than about 55 chars), then >> > procmail could not match the string, and the email goes to inbox. Once I >> > deleted some letters in the middle, it matches and functions. The Re: or >> > [Fwd: just makes it "too long". >> > >> > Strange, but it is procmail's limit. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Hongwei >> >> A correction: from the beginnig of the subject line to the last searching >> letter should not exceed 65 chars. For example, suppose the subject line is >> >> Acccc Bnnnn ..... Hhhhhh is out of the office >> >> and the matching string is "is out of the", then if the count from A (the >> first letter of the subject line) to e (the last letter of the matching >> string) is longer than 65, say 66, then the procmailrc does not function. >> Then, remove any one letter before "is out...", it works. >> >> Everybody can try it to see if that is the case. >> >> Is there anyway to lift this limit? Since Lotus Notes may add very long >> and strang things in the subject line, it will be very usefull to lift this >> limit to 80 chars long or so. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Hongwei > > Try switching to the sh shell > > Something is tickling my memory about input line limits with bash. > Can't catch the memory, but if bash is the problem, try the shell procmail > recommend. > > TD Sorry that I don't understand your point well. My users use squirrelmail to read/send emails. How to "switch to the sh shell"? How to "try the shell procmail"? Thanks. HL
