Date:  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:24:09 -0500
From:  "Mitchell Rothschild" <mjr (at mark) misswebhost.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:11593] Re: Big Massive Update
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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In-Reply-To:  <200712172258.36693.bq (at mark) solarspeed.net>
References:  <4766D4A5.7020500 (at mark) mmediausa.com> <200712172258.36693.bq (at mark) solarspeed.net>
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Hi,

After I do the yum update to cent 4.6...what is the best way to check if I will need to do the following
http://www.solarspeed.net/kb/1053.php
Is it that /etc/procmailrc file will not be there anymore?

Regards,
Mitch



Michael Stauber wrote:
See http://www.solarspeed.net/kb/1053.php as for why it happened and how you can fix it.

This is why the problem happened:

In the past the Procmail service installed on CentOS stored received emails by default in ~username/mbox - unless a different directory was specified in /etc/procmailrc. So even if /etc/procmailrc was missing, emails would be stored in ~username/mbox.

The system updates contained a newer Procmail, which by default stores emails in /var/spool/mail/$username, unless a different directory is specified in /etc/procmailrc.

So on servers which have a missing /etc/procmailrc (remember: this file wasn't necessary before) emails will end up in the wrong place.

Again, see the URL above for a fix. It has a script that you can run to recreate the missing /etc/procmailrc and it'll also move all emails to where they belong.