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Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc


From: norm
Subject: Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 09:33:44 -0700

>I think the simplest thing to do would be to write a custom postproc
>and use it to interrogate the draft (using scan(1)) to make sure it was
>the way you want.  Like if the To: line was blank, exit with a sensible
>error message.  If you were happy with it, call the real post.
>
>I've attached the sample postproc I put in the nmh contrib directory;
>it's job is to change the switches to post depending on the from line,
>but you could use it to see if there's something in the To: header.

Would you be willing to tell me how, in such a script, I could detect the
presence or absence of a specific header, say "Exception: norm"? (I don't
intend or want to enter the currently raging header debate. I'm just asking a
specific technical question.)

    Norman Shapiro



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