Procmailrc Modification for BlackBerry Devices Lehigh e

BlackBerry Procmail Modification
LTS Administrative Computing Team
16-DEC 2008
Procmailrc Modification for BlackBerry Devices
Lehigh e-mail uses a “spool” to store incoming messages. New messages are moved to a user’s Inbox only
when they log into the mail server via a MUA such as Thunderbird, Outlook, IMP, etc.
The BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), for a still unknown reason, does not cause the mail server to move
messages from spool to Inbox. Thus, BlackBerry does not report any new messages in the Inbox.
The current resolution to this issue is to invoke the dmail command via procmailrc.
1.
Click on Start  All Programs  SSH Secure Shell  SSH Secure Shell File Transfer
2.
Click “Quick Connect”
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3.
Enter Host Name:
Enter User Name:
Click “Connect”
ns.cc.lehigh.edu
Your Lehigh User ID (i.e. abc2, xyz204)
4.
Enter your password
5.
View  Show Hidden Files
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6.
Select ASCII Transfer Mode
7.
Locate the “procmailrc” file and drag it to your Desktop.
Don’t see a procmailrc file? Then you will need to make one from scratch. Proceeded to appendix and
start with step “A”.
8.
Start  Run  type in “notepad”
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9.
Open the procmailrc file, located on your desktop.
10.
Add the following two lines to the bottom of the file:
:0
|dmail
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11.
Close Notepad and save your changes.
12.
You must now move the updated procmailrc file back up to the server. Drag from the Desktop to the
server. You may be asked to overwrite the existing procmailrc file on the server.
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13.
Your BlackBerry device should begin receiving new messages as soon as the modified procmailrc file
is in place.
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APPENDIX – Only for users without an existing procmailrc file!
A.
Start  Run  type in “notepad”
B.
Type in the following:
SHELL = /bin/sh
MAILDIR=$HOME
:0
|dmail
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C.
Close Notepad and save the file to your Desktop as .procmailrc
RESUME THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS STARTING WITH STEP 12