procmail

Procmail Recipes Syntax

Very briefly:

• A line starting with :0 denotes the beginning of a new recipe.
• A line starting with * denotes the definition of a condition inside a recipe.

• The last line of a recipe is the action. Action lines can begin with:

  • / in which case the email is appended to a text file, mbox-style.
  • | in which case the email is piped to a script for further handling.
  • ! [email protected] in which case the email is forwarded to the email address defined after the !.
  • { which denotes the beginning of a nested recipe.