problem with \/

:0
* ^Subject: New WorkOrder Request for HISD
{

   :0 
   * B ?? ^Work Order Summary : \/.*$
   {
      :0
      * MATCH ?? ^^\/.+
      { SUMMARY = "$MATCH" }
   }

   :0 
   *$ B ?? WO Number +: 0+\/$d$d$d$d$d$d$
   {
      :0
      * MATCH ?? ^^\/.+
      { WONUMBER = "$MATCH" }

      :0 fhw
      | $FORMAIL -I "Subject: $WONUMBER N $SUMMARY AR"
   }
   
   :0 c:
   $REMEDY.new-request
}

I have the above in my .procmailrc.  At first, I did not have the

   MATCH ?? ^^\/.+

tricks for removing newlines, and I was getting snagged by that.  My subjects
were ending up with two embeded newlines, throwing the rest of my filters off.
Even 

   # note the +, not a *
   :0
   * B ?? ^Work Order Summary : \/.+$     
   ...

was not working.

So when I discovered the trick in Jari's pm-tips.txt, I tried it and it worked
perfectly.  What I am not sure of is *why do I need it*?  Since . does not
match newline, isn't \/.*$ enough to get the line without the newline?  Or is
there something I'm forgetting about procmails regex engine?

JcL

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