On 25 Feb 2005, at 13:20 :29, Justin Gombos wrote:
I realize now where I got that definition from - Martin McCarthy's
Procmail Companion. He has a cookbook and on page 209 uses that
definition:
FROM_ = "(From[ ]|(Old-|X-)?\
(Resent-)?(From|Reply-To|Sender):(.*\<)?)"
I took it as gospel,
McCarthy's book is a good reference for getting going with procmail and
one of the only books on procmail. That said, it has some glaring
omissions and problems. For example, as far as I have been able to
tell, there is no mention of SWITCHRC in the entire book... Because of
this, I wouldn't take _anything_ in it as gospel, especially not some
of the sample recipes.
Now, if Sean and Ruud and Dallman[1][2] could get together and crank
out a 400+ page book on procmail, well, that would be something.
causes it to span multiple lines. If FROM_ is really a reserved
variable, I'm surprised it didn't cause me problems to use it.
It's not a reserved variable per se, but it is how the "From " header
is normally designated. Not waht Ruud said:
The name FROM_ is 'reserved' by a lot of procmail-coders
note the quotes and the reference to procmail CODERS, not procmail
itself.
[1] Just picking three names who 1) answer lots of stupid questions
correctly and 2) post a lot.
[2] And where is Dallman anyway? It's been about a week since he last
posted. Holiday, perhaps?
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In England 100 miles is a long distance. In the US 100 years is a long
time
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