From 0aef47ae5c03e1d9e3f225efe5ae362e7cf5ee35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Levine Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:45:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * docs/MAIL.FILTERING: added note on removing procmail -f or -r options to try to suppress generation of a "From " line on incoming messages. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ docs/MAIL.FILTERING | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d7a9433..b486c5e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2008-10-23 David Levine + + * docs/MAIL.FILTERING: added note on removing procmail -f or + -r options to try to suppress generation of a "From " line on + incoming messages. + 2008-08-14 Eric Gillespie * test/setup-test: Don't run autogen.sh unless needed. Build in a diff --git a/docs/MAIL.FILTERING b/docs/MAIL.FILTERING index becf31a..b0b5e8d 100644 --- a/docs/MAIL.FILTERING +++ b/docs/MAIL.FILTERING @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ If you do not rewrite the "From " line into this format, the `packf' command will still work. But it may create fake "From " lines which are not the same as the originals. +Alternatively, you might be able to suppress generation of the "From " +line. If your procmail invocation includes the -f or -r option, +remove. Those options add a "From " line to incoming beginning of +messages that do not have them. + Here is a typical .procmailrc file for using procmail in conjunction with nmh. For more information, see the manual pages for procmail, procmailrc and procmailex. -- 1.7.10.4