[fetchmail-users] Re: unsafe MDA procmail recommended by fetchmail

[Stephen R. v. d. B. <sr...@cu...>]

On 11/2/05, Thomas Wolff <to...@to...> wrote:
> I had a "disk quota exceeded" condition here which procmail failed
> to handle properly. It accepted its input, threw it away and just
> returned success.

Procmail handles quota-exceeded problems
with flying colours since about 1993.

> I heard before that exceeded quota is a known touchstone for proper
> error handling of software. Obviously procmail has a serious issue
> here which should be fixed as soon as possible.

There is a 99.997% probability that the serious
issue is a user error on your part.

>As long as it is not,
> fetchmail should no longer recommend using procmail but rather warn
> from it.

Acting prematurely on the 0.003% chance
that it is procmail's fault, would be unwise.

In order to clarify the issue, it would be helpful
if you can show the used procmailrc files, and
possibly even the generated logfile entries
(by procmail) which describe the event (or
shortly before and after).

Nonetheless, in order to assure timely assistance,
it would be prudent to forward this
information to the procmail mailinglist (instead
of me personally), so they
can help you fix the procmail recipe(s).
See procmail -v as to the address of the list.
--
Sincerely,
                Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).