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From: newsk@cbnewsk.att.com (Ellen)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,alt.sources.d,comp.sources.wanted,comp.mail.misc
Subject: viewmail parsing modifications
Keywords: icon duplication
Message-ID: <1990Sep5.071959.11701@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 5 Sep 90 07:19:59 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Further Inland
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I'm using viewmail (Vmail 2.1, I believe).  When vmail reads
the "From" line in my mailbox, apparently it looks for an
icon match on the first field following the bang "!".  Example:

From: att!pucc.PRINCETON.EDU!mary

Here, it looks for an icon named "pucc".  If it doesn't find it
I get my standard "Uknown" icon.  And the same happens here:

From: att!pucc.PRINCETON.EDU!john

Again, it matches on "pucc".  NOT "mary" or "john".  So every piece
of mail I receive through that particular gateway will get the same
icon.

Anybody have a modified vmail that gets past this to the real sender?  
I have the source here somewhere so I can play around with the parser
and build a new version, but I'd rather save time and avoid reinventing 
the wheel if possible.


Thanks,


-Ellen