* Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:39:27PM -0800, Curt Zirzow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | Not a problem with procmail but can be solved with it by using:
> | 
> | :0 Bfhw
> | * H ?? ! ^Lines:
> | * -1^0
> | * 1^1   ^.*$
> | | formail -A "Lines: $="
> | 
> | Then you will have the number of lines shown.
> 
> Can you decode that for me? Failing to find "-1^0 or such in the procmailrc manual

To be honest, I'm not sure where I got this from or how it was working
but after a little reading, it appears that the to scoring lines act as
the counter for $=

The -1 initial score, I believe, is to compensate for the space between the
headers and body.


> I tried one of my own:
> 
>       :0 Whf:
>       * ! ^Lines:
>       | formail -A "Lines: $="
> 
> (as yet untested). But superficially it looks like it should work.
> Can you elaborate on what the extras in your recipe are for?
> -- 
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