procmail testing

[Garry T. Williams]

On 1-21-14 11:37:25 Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> So I changed the run time to 11am, and procmail DID drop something into
> /var/spool/mail/rgm, but mutt says it is not a valid mailbox. I have
> emailed one of my smtp oldtimers for help, but meanwhile here is what is
> going into my mail (anyone see any obvious mail format problem?):
> 
> From: "(Cron Daemon)" <rgm>
> To: rgm
> Subject: Cron <rgm at lx120e> rsync -tvz ftp.rfc-editor.org::rfcs/*.txt /home/common/ietf/rfcs

The "obvious mail format problem" is that there is no "From " line
before the message.

As to why that occurred, I have no clue.  But a valid mailbox *must*
begin each message with "From <ENVELOPE DATA>\n"

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Garry T. Williams