Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error "requires envelope option"

[Anne W. <can...@go...>]

On Tuesday 28 Aug 2007, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Rob MacGregor schrieb:
> > Hey, at least you've learned to check the destination of last resort.
> > It's something that's worth checking regularly and, along with your
> > mail log, is something worth checking any time things seem to be going
> > wrong.
>
> A general hint is to consider maildrop http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/
> as a filtering engine that is much easier to get working properly than
> procmail.
>
> It's more conservative than procmail in that it will simply defer all mail
> on syntax errors in the file, or defer particular messages (pushing them
> back to the queue where you'll see them with mailq(1)) on delivery errors
> -- rather than dumping mail to a random place that procmail would call safe
> but one never checks in a whole lifetime...
>
> There are several design decisions in procmail that I have called and do
> still call stupid, to the outrage of the procmail maintainers who call this
> freedom of choice (which maildrop also offers BTW).

Points taken.  As I only administer a home LAN, and that now simpler than it 
used to be, I went for what seemed to be the most common choice - and 
therefore offering best support. :-)  I'm falling behind in things that are 
started and need completing, so I don't want to change at this moment.  When 
things get quieter I'll read up and see whether the change is right for me.

> One man's meat is another man's poison.

Absolutely.  I appreciate the help given by all.

Anne