* 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? > -- > Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ > > I think it rather sad that people have to resort to crude pictograms to convey > their meaning. How many books do you read that use icons to pass on the > author's intended message? > Smileys are for the illiterata of this age. :) > - Nick (the Biker) DoD 1069 OGRI MAG 73516 -- M'Lud. > (He Who Road Rashly) Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Curt -- Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.