I'm using formail (circa 8/18/94) to split up a digest, but notice that
it seems to exhibit some strange behavior, namely if it sees extra
control/header fields in the (first) digest TOC message, it seems to
create a 'null' message, and loses track of who sent the message.
Here's an example, stripped down from an actual digest that arrived today.
----- (original digest) ------
From omega-digest-request(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com Sat Feb 15 14:57:13 1997
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 14:54:38 -0800
From: omega-digest-request(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com
Message-Id: <199702152254(_dot_)OAA05026(_at_)mx1(_dot_)eskimo(_dot_)com>
Subject: omega-digest Digest V97 #43
To: omega-digest(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com
------------------------------
Content-Type: text/plain
MIME-Version: 1.0
omega-digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 43
Today's Topics:
Re: Kalman Filter?
Re:Omega List Archives Online?
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 08:44:56 -0500
From: Ron Archer <archer(_at_)ime(_dot_)net>
To: Omega List <omega-list(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com>
Subject: Re: Kalman Filter?
Message-Id:
<1(_dot_)5(_dot_)4(_dot_)32(_dot_)19970215134456(_dot_)006b7ee4(_at_)ime(_dot_)net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
At 05:23 PM 2/14/97 -1000, you wrote:
Does anyone have the Kalman filter programmed for TS either as a system
or indicator?
--
Following is the indicator:
--------------------------- end (original) --------------------------------
After running it through 'formail -ds < digest.orig > digest.split'
--------------------------- (after formail) --------------------------------
From omega-digest-request(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com Sat Feb 15 14:57:13 1997
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 14:54:38 -0800
From: omega-digest-request(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com
Message-Id: <199702152254(_dot_)OAA05026(_at_)mx1(_dot_)eskimo(_dot_)com>
Subject: omega-digest Digest V97 #43
To: omega-digest(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com
------------------------------
From foo(_at_)bar Sat Feb 15 15:24:33 1997
Content-Type: text/plain
MIME-Version: 1.0
omega-digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 43
Today's Topics:
Re: Kalman Filter?
Re:Omega List Archives Online?
------------------------------
From archer(_at_)ime(_dot_)net Sat Feb 15 15:24:33 1997
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 08:44:56 -0500
From: Ron Archer <archer(_at_)ime(_dot_)net>
To: Omega List <omega-list(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com>
Subject: Re: Kalman Filter?
Message-Id:
<1(_dot_)5(_dot_)4(_dot_)32(_dot_)19970215134456(_dot_)006b7ee4(_at_)ime(_dot_)net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
At 05:23 PM 2/14/97 -1000, you wrote:
Does anyone have the Kalman filter programmed for TS either as a system
or indicator?
--
Following is the indicator:
--------------------------- (after split) --------------------------------
Notice that formail created a null message:
Subject: omega-digest Digest V97 #43
To: omega-digest(_at_)eskimo(_dot_)com
------------------------------
and then a message containing the digest's index, but from a fictitious
(foo(_at_)bar) sender, and with no Subject or other fields.
From foo(_at_)bar Sat Feb 15 15:24:33 1997
Content-Type: text/plain
MIME-Version: 1.0
After some fiddling, I found that 'formail -ds' worked just fine,
as long as there was a single line in the digest index, giving
content-type:
Content-Type: text/plain
However, when the MIME-Version line is added:
Content-Type: text/plain
MIME-Version: 1.0
formail loses track, and incorrectly splits the digest.
Has anyone seen this problem in formail? Is it fixed in a more recent
version? Thanks.
- Gary
PS: if you reply to this, please also cc me directly. I'm on the digest,
and would like to find out the answer to this question as soon as possible.