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Re: ((2^31) -1) scored condition(s) followed by some AND's -- don't work "as expected"

2002-10-14 21:55:07
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wrote Professional Software Engineering thusly...

At 23:24 2002-10-13 -0400, parv wrote:
i thought the following recipe would exit as soon as it hits/scores
the maximum number, but it doesn't (seem to). my understanding
was...

You understood wrong.  See 'man procmailsc'
...
Look under "MISCELLANEOUS" in 'man procmailsc'

i did (after the nudge), found two MISCELLANEOUS sections.  i didn't
notice anything of significance (in the 2d MISC. section) until i
re-read it.  then i noticed underlined "weighted".

even then things clicked only after remembering yours & david's
replies.


Plus infinity merely means that the *SCORED* portion of the
conditions don't need to continue to be evaluated...

thanks for the clarification.


  - parv

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