On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 01:13:18AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-10-23 17:49, stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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:` > >> > >> 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.... > > ``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. I'll try your magic spell with To: -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
