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Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc
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Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc |
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Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:02:52 -0700 |
Paul Fox <address@hidden> writes:
>address@hidden wrote:
>> Paul Fox <address@hidden> writes:
>> >address@hidden wrote:
>> >> >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.)
>> >
>> >i think ken would do it with scan(1), but he's one of the few people in
>> >the world that can write mh-format code off the top of his head. ;-)
>> >
>> >i'd use sed:
>> >
>> >draftfile=...
>> >exception_header=$(sed -n -e '/^Exception:/p' -e '/^$/q' < $draftfile)
>> >if [ "$exception_header" ]
>> >then
>> >.
>>
>> Except that it would find the string "Exception:" at the beginning of of any
>> line in the body of the message.
Yes, you're quite right. Sorry about that.
Norman Shapiro
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, (continued)
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Ken Hornstein, 2016/10/13
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Ralph Corderoy, 2016/10/13
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, norm, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, David Levine, 2016/10/15
- [Nmh-workers] nmh documentation, norm, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] nmh documentation, David Levine, 2016/10/15
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, norm, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Paul Fox, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, norm, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Paul Fox, 2016/10/15
- Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc,
norm <=
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Ken Hornstein, 2016/10/15
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Ralph Corderoy, 2016/10/15
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Ken Hornstein, 2016/10/15
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Ralph Corderoy, 2016/10/16
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, norm, 2016/10/20
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Ken Hornstein, 2016/10/20
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, norm, 2016/10/20
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, Ralph Corderoy, 2016/10/20
Re: [Nmh-workers] When a message goes only to me, as a cc, David Levine, 2016/10/11