Re: [cobalt-users] systemwide procmailrc corrupts mailboxes on raq4

[Richard Siddall <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maurice de Laat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Curious problem:
> If I enable a systemwide procmail file (/etc/procmailrc) on a raq4, this
> sometimes corrupts the mailboxen in /home/spool/mail. The text below will
> appear in the spoolfile, this gives an error if the user wants to pop their
> mail:
> ************************* Access Denied *************************
> *                                                               *
> * Sorry, you do not have telnet/shell access to this Cobalt     *
> * server.                                                       *
> *                                                               *
> *****************************************************************
[snip]

Hi Maurice,

You're not setting the shell procmail should use in the .rc file, so 
it's using the user's default shell, which is often /bin/badsh.

Just put

SHELL=/bin/sh

at the top of the procmailrc file.

Regards,

	Richard