How do I get a copy of the headers of all the incoming emails?

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Sometimes it is required to have a record of all the incoming mail traffic for administrative purposes.

To configure this feature for a particular user, put the following entries in the .procmailrc file, in the users home directory.

#Header logging
:0hc:${HOME}/.mail/headers.$LOCKEXT
$HOME/.mail/mail.head

Note: The procm...

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