On 18Jul2006 23:46, Lovell Mcilwain <lovell.mcilwain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Fetchmail on my machine is complaining that it can't read my .procmailrc file | in my home directory that is used for mail filtering. | What I am getting in my fetchmail log is: | procmail: Suspicious rcfile "/home/lmcilwain/.procmailrc" | procmail: Couldn't read "/home/lmcilwain/.procmailrc" It would be nicer if it said "refusing to read"... | Nothing has changed with this file in months and all of a sudden it just | stopped working. | Here are the permissions on my .procmailrc file: | -rw-r--r-- 1 lmcilwai lmcilwai 1484 18 Jul 23:34 .procmailrc Is your home directory group or world writeable? If so, procmail reckons someone could have replaced your .procmailrc. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ All my life, people have accused me of being stubborn, by which they meant I was just standing there, when I could be taking their advice. - Adair Lara
