well , it was not lost, i found them in /var/spool/me
but i did set ut a default mailbox see below not sure what does entry has to do with missing the default directory
PATH=/usr/bin/procmail
SHELL=/bin/bash
VERBOSE=on
MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail/.
DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/Inbox/.
LOGFILR=$HOME/.procmail_log
SPAM=SPAM
SPAMMERS=$home/.pocmail/spammers
#:0 Whc: msgid.lock
#| formail -D 8192 msgid.cache
#:0 a:
#$MAILDIR/duplicates/.
#xfce list
:0
* ^TOxfce
$MAILDIR/inbox/xfce/.
:0
* ^TOundisclose
$MAILDIR/inbox/test/.
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:32:01 -0800
Ben Rosenberg
* Landy Roman (landy@despiertapr.com) [011222 10:25]: ->i put this at the beggining of my procmailrc file and lost all my mail -> ->what went wrong :-) -> -> ->:0 Whc: msgid.lock ->| formail -D 8192 msgid.cache -> ->:0 a: ->$MAILDIR/duplicates/.
Do you have something like this in your .bashrc/.zshrc (whatever shell you use)?
-- export MAIL=$HOME/Mail/Incoming --
The above will make sure that unless otherwise told..all your mail will end up in the file/directory that you choose.
I have all my mail by default dump into a file called Incoming..you could use inbox if you wished. Procmail will follow it's rules, but if there is no rule then it goes into ~/Mail/Incoming.
I have the same procmail entries as you discribe above and I've never lost a piece of mail.
I would check to see if your Mail dirctory is specified in your . file. :)
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