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On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 at 23:15:44 -0400, David T-G wrote:
> ...and then Jens Paulus said...
> % On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:41:18PM +0200, Jens Paulus wrote:
> % > On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:21:52AM -0400, David T-G wrote:
> % > > Hey, rot13 is cool. Now for a rot13 filter in vim :-)
> % >=20
> % > >From the vim helpfile:
> % ^
> % Hey, this is bad: what I just experienced is that after the transmission
>=20
> Well, yes and no... It's an escape to prevent your mail agent from
> thinking that it's the start of a new message.
>=20
> % of my mail I see that there is a quotation character just before
> % 'From ' (... the vim helpfile). I didn't put it there and it
> % doesn't come from David. Obviously the software thinks that there
> % should be a distingtion
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> That's included by the MTA by design when it's delivered.
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> % to the mail separation From_ line in mbox format and inserts the
> % quotation character itself automatically. I wonder if there is a way
> % to
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> Sure; switch to a mail folder format that doesn't require it. I hear
> that maildir is good.
I switched over to Maildir a few days ago, because i liked the idea of:
- Not having to worry with locking.
- One message per file, so less chance of catastrophic corruption.
Plus, i can go:
$ grep foo * | xargs rm
and such to process messages using shell commands. Neat.
- No From_ quoting or other such hacks involved. In fact, Maildir
doesn't seem to use From_ lines to begin with.
I can highly recommend Maildir so far. All that was involved in the
switch was:
1. Append a `/' to all folder names in my .procmailrc, as in:
:0:
* ^Delivered-to: mutt-users@ns\.gbnet\.net
in.mutt-users/
This tells procmail to use Maildir.
2. Add `mbox_type=3DMaildir' to my muttrc. Not strictly required, as mutt
will auto-detect a mailbox's type, but mutt will make all new
mailboxes Maildir now.
3. Migrate my old mailboxes by renaming them to `foo.old', then going
into them and saving them all back to `foo', creating a Maildir in
the process. (Is there a more convenient way to do this?)
> % avoid that. I just made an other test with an other sentence and the
> % same result. Let's see what happens.
> %=20
> % >From heaven to earth.
> % >From alpha to omega.
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> As expected :-)
Those showed up without >'s here in the original message. :-)
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Piet Delport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Today's subliminal thought is:
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