On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 10:40:56AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I need to clean up some of my mailboxes by removing data from headers and > thought I could do this with a text factory. Unfortunately some of these > headers span over multiple lines, which aren't obvious to describe as > R.E. Typically: > > Received: from ... > by ... > (envelope-from ... > id ... > for ... > > where the extra lines *always* start with a tab character. I just want to > get rid of all 5 lines above as a block.
Find ^Received.*\r(?:\s.*\r)* Replace If you have a lot of changes you want to make, you might consider using the formail command-line utility. Removing all the Received headers would be: formail -I Received: Ronald -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>