Bart Schaefer wrote: >> I'm trying to setup email on a new server running CentOS-6.2 (x86_64), >> but for some reason email is going to /var/spool/mail/ >> despite the fact that my .procmailrc starts >> ------------------------------- >> DEFAULT=/var/spool/mail >> MAILDIR=/home/tim/Maildir/ >> SHELL=/bin/sh >> DROPPRIVS=yes >> ------------------------------- > > DEFAULT sets where the mail will be delivered. MAILDIR is the current > working directory and only affects explicit delivery rules that use > relative pathnames for maiboxes. The use of "MAILDIR" in procmail > predates DJB's choice of "maildir" as the name of a mailbox format and is > not > related. This has caused a lot of confusion over the years ... > > You probably want: > > ORGMAIL=/var/spool/mail > MAILDIR=/home/tim/Maildir > DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/ Thanks very much; you have solved my problem. I can't think how I overlooked that. I was comparing the two .procmailrc's, on the old server and the new, and was convinced that they were the same. But now I see ------------------------------- [tim at blanche tmp]$ diff .procmailrc procmailrc 5,6c5,6 < MAILDIR=/var/spool/mail < DEFAULT=/home/tim/Maildir/ --- > DEFAULT=/var/spool/mail > MAILDIR=/home/tim/Maildir/ ------------------------------- -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin