wwgrol(_at_)sparc01(_dot_)fw(_dot_)hac(_dot_)com (W. Wesley Groleau x4923)
writes:
..... According to the man page, procmail will put a
'>' in from of "\nFrom " if -Y is specified _or_ if there is no
content-length header. ....
To quote the procmail(1) manpage:
MISCELLANEOUS
If there is an existing Content-Length: field in the header
of the mail and the -Y option is not specified, procmail
will trim the field to report the correct size. Procmail
does not change the fieldwidth.
What if "there is an existing Content-Length: field" AND the -Y option IS
specified? This is my situation, and procmail/formail are NOT escaping
the embedded From lines on either input or output.
To quote the next paragraph on the manpage:
If there is no Content-Length: field or the - Y option has
been specified and procmail appends to regular mailfolders,
any lines in the body of the message that look like post-
marks are prepended with `>' (disarms bogus mailheaders).
The regular expression that is used to search for these
postmarks is:
`\nFrom '
Is it a regular mailfolder and not a directory or MH style folder?
Does the recipe have the 'r' flag, which also disables this?
As for formail, what arguments did you give it?
Philip Guenther