On Friday 03 Feb 2006 22:31, Hongwei Li wrote: > > 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 John, I don't see how it will help either ... its just a tickle somewhere at the back of my mind, and may be well out of line. _____________________________________________ Hongwei At the top of the procmail file is your shell definition. SHELL=/bin/bash Just to humour me, try switching it to SHELL=/bin/sh and re-test will you? TD
