[Dovecot] dovecot, procmail and deliver

[John Peacock]

David Lee wrote:
>> But from a procmail recipe, I end up with two "From " lines.  Surely this
>> is incorrect.  How can this be reduced to one?  Shouldn't "deliver" ensure
>> that there is only "From " line?
>> [...]
> 
> The deeper I look into this, the more convinced I am that there is a real
> problem in dovecot LDA, part of which is a misunderstanding by dovecot of
> the "mbox" "From " line and a consequent problem in code structure (not
> merely in code details).

I think the real problem is that you are using two LDA's (Local Delivery 
Agent) which both assume they are the exclusive LDA.  Dovecot's 
'deliver' expects to be handed an e-mail directly from the MTA (Message 
Transfer Agent) directly, not via some other program.

If you are using procmail, you should use procmail exclusively to 
process the local delivery.  If you want to use 'deliver' with 
server-side rules, you should use the Dovecot SIEVE 'deliver'.

John

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