Re: Add a string to "From" field

At 08:40 AM 11/16/98 -0600, Philip Guenther wrote:
[snippety snip]
>       # 'f'ilter the 'h'eader through formail, 'w'aiting for it finish
>       # to check the return code
>       :0 fhw
>       * ^From:\/.*
>       |formail -I"From: $MATCH ($WORD)"
>
> If you wanted the word to be at the beginning of the From: field, you
> would change the action line to:
>
>       |formail -I"From: ($WORD) $MATCH"
>
> Yes, there will usually be two spaces next to each other in the
> resulting From: line, as the value of MATCH will almost certainly start
> with a space.
Using this condition instead:
        * ^From: *\/.*
should avoid any leading blank(s) in MATCH, I think.

Cheers,
Stan