Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 02:28:14 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: procmail/formail syntax question Message-ID: <20051023232814.GB1753@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20051023225648.GB31109@teddy.fas.com> References: <20051023190951.GA25702@teddy.fas.com> <20051023200717.GB82057@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20051023214939.GB30009@teddy.fas.com> <20051023221317.GA1211@flame.pc> <20051023225648.GB31109@teddy.fas.com>
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On 2005-10-23 18:56, stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote: >On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 01:13:18AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2005-10-23 17:49, stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote: >>>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:` >>>> >>>> [...] >>> >>> So, I need to be able to rewrite the subject. Yes it's dumb but.... >> >> ``Much confusion in you I sense, young Jedi.'' >> >> If you want to rewrite the *SUBJECT* of the messages, then why are you >> trying to rewrite the *RECIPIENT* header? >> >> Having said that, I think that what you're missing is the 'f' option in >> the rule that pipes mail to formail and that you don't really need >> formail for something as simple: >> >> :0 Hf >> * X-Virus-Status: Yes >> | sed -e 's/^[sS]ubject:[[:space:]]\+/Subject: [virus] ' > > Yes, Oh freat master, I sense a great confusion :-) > It's the To: header he wants rewriten. You can always hit the Windows user hard on the head with a cluebat. All the mail reading software for Windows that I've recently had to work with supports filtering by the _SUBJETC_ of the messages too :-)
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