* docs/MAIL.FILTERING: added note on removing procmail -f or

	-r options to try to suppress generation of a "From " line on
	incoming messages.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d7a9433..b486c5e 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-10-23  David Levine <levinedl@acm.org>
+
+       * 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  <epg@pretzelnet.org>
 
        * 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 (file)
--- 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.