[Wylug-discuss] Procmail filters

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 04 May 2005 22:49, Smylers wrote:

> > > 3) mail messages may contain both a line starting with "From "
> > > (containing the envelope from address) as well as one starting with
> > > "From: ".  All my such procmail rules start with "* ^From: "
> >
> > OK - I'll try that.
>
> It looked like all your From: tests did already have the colon in them.
> Anyway, I'm not convinced that the envelope From line is still around
> for 'Procmail' to match against -- doesn't the envelope get dropped on
> delivery?
>
On checking, I think you're right - they all already have the colon.  As for 
the envelope, it used to be easily recognisable in View > Source but it 
doesn't seem to be there now, so perhaps you're right on that as well.

> > > > * ^From: .*(sasktel.net|sasknet)
> > >
> > > should be quoted
> >
> > Yet it works.
>
> It "works" because while "." matches any character, that of course
> includes "." itself.
>
> Unfortunately I can't offer any help with your problem Ann -- your
> recipes all look plausible to me, and I couldn't spot a difference
> between the ones that are working and those that aren't.
>
Thanks for the extended explanation, Smylers.  As you say, it doesn't solve my 
problem, but increased understanding is always useful.  The use of '\' is 
something that I don't think I fully understand.  Again, I have read 
conflicting descriptions.

Anne
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