Subject: Help w/filter?

From: [email-masked] (Brian Beuchaw)
Date: 28 Apr 1996 20:48:10 GMT

Hi all,  sorry for the x-post, but I figure someone on either group might 
know what's going on here......

I used to use filter w/Pine on my old provider and it worked just fine.  I
switched providers (and they don't have procmail) and now when I try to
use filter it seems to be sending my mail to /dev/null!  Anyway, here's
what my files look like (I think they're correct, but something's
obviously wrong somewhere): 

My .forward file (in my home directory):

"|/usr/local/bin/filter -o /home11/beuchaw/filter.log"

My filter-rules file (in my ~/.elm directory):

if (to = "[email-masked]") then save "/home11/beuchaw/mail/droneon"
if (to = "[email-masked]") then save "~/mail/rmusic"
if (to = "[email-masked]") then save "~/mail/idm"
if (to = "[email-masked]") then save "/home11/beuchaw/mail/idm"
if (subject = "test") then save "/home11/beuchaw/mail/droneon"

Lines 2 & 3 in my filter-rules file are the same as I used to use, but 
for testing purposes, I coded lines 1,4,5 different.  It made no 
difference.  Filter -r seemed OK, and I don't get a filter.log, so I have 
no idea what's wrong.  Any help would be appreciated very much.  Thanks 
in advance.  BTW, I've checked out the FAQs and Web pages and guides and 
everything that I've coded (supposedly) adheres to what's supposed to be 
there. :-(

cya
brian

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From: Sven Guckes <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Apr 1996 08:24:28 GMT

[email-masked] (Brian Beuchaw) writes:
>I used to use filter w/Pine on my old provider and it worked just fine.
>I switched providers (and they don't have procmail) and now when I try to use
>filter it seems to be sending my mail to /dev/null! [...]

Does /usr/local/bin/filter exist at your new provider?

>if (subject = "test") then save "/home11/beuchaw/mail/droneon"

These rules look ok to me.
I wonder whether all versions of "filter" expand "~" to the home dir.  Syd?

Sven

Cc: [email-masked] (Brian Beuchaw)

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