[boulder.pm] OT Help with procmail

Walter Pienciak walter at frii.com
Wed Mar 20 18:02:42 CST 2002


On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, LZ wrote:

> Hello boulder-pm-list,
>
> My first post here since joining in '99 when I thought I'd
> get into the tech field, not. But I've enjoyed the list, so
> I've hung around, and the hikes sound great!
>
> I've rcv'd the below with a 123k attached file 7 times,
> times two to another old ISP address since 10 Mar all with
> another address in the rfc header. My ISP
> replied with a form letter when I asked them for help, set
> up a .procmailrc file with the from address to block. It
> seemed to work, nothing since 14 Mar until today.
>
> Is there problem in my procmail file? <G> Likley, I hope.
>
> This is what I have in the .procmailrc file on my user page:
>
> ::
> ^From: .*<rdquest12 at microsoft.com>
> /dev/null
>
> That is not working. Taken from the web page, C c C v,
> should it be on one line? :: in line? ??

[snip invervening lines]

> From: "Microsoft Corporation Security Center" <rdquest12 at microsoft.com>

I haven't used procmail in a while, but I'm thinking

:0 H
* ^From.*<rdquest12 at microsoft\.com>
/dev/null

might work.  Good luck.

Walter




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