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Re: extract username from email address

2005-09-26 14:41:55
On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, 13:38 GMT-06 Cerebus the Aardvark wrote:

Sean wrote this, once upon a time:

# user(_at_)domain(_dot_)tld
:0 h
CLEANFROM=|formail -IReply-To: -rtzxTo:

Why is the 'h' flag set here, isn't it recommended not to use it if it
is the only one?

Why do we need to call an external program (formail), while that
should be possible with pure-procmail code?

And how can we be sure that the external call does not fail when the
exit code is not checked?

--rob.




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