On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 07:36:50AM +0200, Wilhelm Wienemann wrote:
> Hello Janek!
>
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Janek Richter wrote:
>
> > i want to know if it is possible to read newsgroups in mutt.
>
> AFAIK there is a patch for an older version of mutt, but I
> prefer a solution which will use slrn in combination with
> mutt (reply and forwarding). This was posted by Thomas Roessler
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on the end of january 2000 on this list.
> It's using the attached slrn macro file, plus the attached shell
> script wrapper.
>
> Note that this solution requires formail (1) from the procmail
> package.
>
> Thank you very much, Thomas!! :-)))
What does this macro and script achieve that slrn can not do already.
I can already reply and forward from inside slrn. Am I missing something
important?
Cheers, Brian.
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> %
> % replacement forward and reply functions for slrn.
> % these will drop you to your normal mail user agent.
> %
>
> variable mua_script="/home/roessler/bin/slrn-mua";
>
> define my_reply_to_article ()
> {
> pipe_article (Sprintf ("%s -reply", mua_script, 1));
> }
>
> define my_forward_article ()
> {
> pipe_article (Sprintf ("%s -forward", mua_script, 1));
> }
>
> definekey ("my_reply_to_article", "r", "article");
> definekey ("my_forward_article", "F", "article");
>
> ##############################################################
>
> #!/bin/sh --
>
> #
> # A small script which is used to reply to or forward an
> # article from within slrn.
> #
> # The article is expected to come on stdin, while $1 is either
> # -reply or -forward.
> #
>
> # where is mutt located?
> MUTT=/usr/local/bin/mutt
>
> # where is formail?
> FORMAIL=/usr/bin/formail
>
> TMPDIR=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/`basename $0`.$$
> mkdir -m 0700 $TMPDIR || { echo "can't create $TMPDIR!" >& 2 ; exit ; }
>
> trap "rm -rf $TMPDIR; trap '' 0; exit" 0 1 2 3 4
>
> cat > $TMPDIR/article
>
> # get various headers
>
> SUBJECT="`formail -z -x Subject: < $TMPDIR/article`"
> DATE="`formail -z -x Date: < $TMPDIR/article`"
> FROM="`formail -z -x From: < $TMPDIR/article`"
> REPLY_TO="`formail -z -x Reply-To: < $TMPDIR/article`"
> MESSAGE_ID="`formail -z -x Message-ID: < $TMPDIR/article`"
> REFERENCES="`formail -z -x References: < $TMPDIR/article`"
>
> exec > $TMPDIR/template
>
> #
> # functions
> #
>
> prepare_reply () {
> if [ -n "$REPLY_TO" ] ; then
> echo "To: $REPLY_TO"
> else
> echo "To: $FROM"
> fi
>
> if [ -n "$MESSAGE_ID" ] ; then
> echo "In-Reply-To: $MESSAGE_ID"
> echo "References: $REFERENCES $MESSAGE_ID"
> fi
>
> echo -n "Subject: "
>
> if [ -z "$SUBJECT" ] ; then
> echo "Re: your mail"
> else
> echo -n "Re: "
> echo "$SUBJECT" | sed -e 's/^Re: *//'
> fi
>
> echo
>
> echo "On $DATE, $FROM wrote:" | fmt
>
> sed -e 's/^/> /' $TMPDIR/article
> }
>
> prepare_forward () {
> echo "Subject: Fwd: $SUBJECT"
> echo
> echo "----- Forwarded message -----"
> cat $TMPDIR/article
> echo
> echo "---- End forwarded message-----"
> }
>
> #
> # main
> #
>
>
> case "$1" in
> -reply)
> prepare_reply
> ;;
> -forward)
> prepare_forward
> ;;
> *)
> echo "usage: `basename $0` {-reply|-forward}" >& 2
> exit 1
> ;;
> esac
>
> exec > /dev/tty
>
> $MUTT -H $TMPDIR/template < /dev/tty
>
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>
> Enjoy it!
>
> bye - Wilhelm
>
> --
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