[Gllug] How can I revert a mail digest?

[Stig Brautaset]

* Formi <rcarrera at blueyonder.co.uk> spake thus:
> 
> 
>  Hi,
> 
>  I have joined a new mail list, and following the instructions
>  I asked for a digest, without actually knowing what I was asking for.
> 
>  Now I have a 204k single digest as 1 email.
> 
>  How can I revert it to the original mails?
> 
>  Its not easy to read 100 emails in the digested way.
> 
>  Please, explain it to me as if I were a not very bright.
>  I am not saying that I am not.

If you store your digested mail in a file of its own you can do this to
split the mail:

$ formail -ds < digestedmail > undigestedmail

man (for|proc)mail(ex|rc)? for more info [1]

Regards,
Stig

[1] -- regular expressions are so much fun :)

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