[Gllug] How can I revert a mail digest?

[tet at accucard.com]

>> 	(formail|procmail(ex|rc)?)
>
>Yeah, I knew that. Or even
>
>	formail|procmail(ex|rc)? 
>
>would do (stripping off your superflous paranthesis :-) )

Actually, they're not superfluous. They're needed in order to correctly
bound the alternates specified by the pipe. Without them, you'd incorrectly
match:

	formailrocmail
	formaiprocmail

>I just resented the fact that I had to type the four consecutive
>characters "mail" twice :-)

Understandable. See my previous comments about laziness being a virtue
in a Unix admin...

Tet

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