Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:49:39 -0400 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: procmail/formail syntax question Message-ID: <20051023214939.GB30009@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20051023200717.GB82057@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20051023190951.GA25702@teddy.fas.com> <20051023200717.GB82057@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 10:07:17PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 03:09:51PM -0400, stan wrote: > > I'm trying to get procmail to rewrite the TO: header. I've tried something like: > > > > TO=`formail -xTo:` > > I think this command is expanded only once, and gives an empty string > because you didn't give formail any input. > > > # is moved to "viruses". > > :0: > > * ^X-Virus-Status: Yes > > | formail -I "To: is_virus, $TO" > <snip> > > But this does not seem to be working. > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > Why don't you put it in an appropriate mailbox directly? E.g: > > :0: > * ^X-Virus-Status: Yes > /home/username/Mail/virus > > :0: > * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes > /home/username/Mail/probably_spam > That is _exactly_ wht _I_ do. However this is for a friend who recieves mail on this machine, then uses IMAP to fecth it to a Windoze box where he reads it with Outlook. He aparently does not now how to filter within Outlook on anything but the subject. So, I need to be able to rewrite the subject. Yes it's dumb but.... -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967
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