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Re: formail error

1997-01-30 14:54:02
bts8(_at_)netcom(_dot_)com asked,

| The following line:
| | formail -A "X-Loop: bts8 at... where are we again?"
| 
| is causing this error:
| Usage: formail [+nn] [-nn] [-bfrktnedq] [-m nn] [-xaiI field] [-s prog 
| arg ...]
| procmail: Program failure (64) of " formail -A "X-Loop: bts8 at... where 
| are we again?""
| procmail: Rescue of unfiltered data succeeded         

| What did I miss on this?  Could formail be old?  How do I find out 
| which version I have?  I tried "formail -v" but no luck.  Thanks!

Since -A isn't listed in the usage statement, yes, that's the problem:
your version is too old.  There's no easy way to find the version number,
though.

If you can't upgrade formail, try -i instead of -A.  Then be sure to
change your procmailrc conditions that look for

  * ^X-Loop: something

to

  * ^(Old-)?X-Loop: something

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