On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 11:12:34AM +0000, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > Hi > > I would like to use the method of setting messages to expire described > on Gary's page[1] but the problem is that this script uses gnu date(1) > and I have BSD date(1).
there's no compatible option with bsd `date`? You could also replace the call to `date` with a $SCRIPTING_LANGUAGE script (perl would probably work pretty well for this, and I believe perl is pretty standard on the BSDs) which does the same thing. All it's doing with GNU `date` is spitting out an RFC822 formatted `date`, which I would think BSD `date` is capable of doing, but a simple perl script would definitely be able to. > I also thought it might be better to add a line or two in my > procmailrc to add the expired header on all mailing list messages that > it filters which actually would suit me better. I haven't found much > in the way of examples on the internet searches i've done. google search for "procmail add expires header" and 2 clicks takes me to this thread which may be of use to you: http://www.mhonarc.org/archive/html/procmail/2006-01/msg00008.html Note that I know very little about procmail. I only used it for very basic filtering and hated every minute of it :) Also, that procmail recipe appears to also be using GNU `date`, but if you figure out a solution to your first question you should be able to use that same solution in this procmail recipe. Hope this helps! -Jeremy
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