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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: inc(1) and unix "^From " lines
Message-ID: <13329@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 89 01:08:58 GMT
References: <9038@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery)
Followup-To: comp.mail.mh
Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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As quoted from <9038@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> by fritz@cit-vlsi.Caltech.Edu (fritz nordby):
+---------------
| In a UNIX mailbox, the first line of each message is a postmark
| beginning with the 5 characters "From ".  Inc seems to want to
| remove this line from messages when reading from a unix mailbox.
| Is there some way to preserve this line?  Perhaps inc could put
| it in as a "Unix-From:" header line?  I've poked around a bit,
+---------------

2@ncoast:1 % comp -help
syntax: comp [+folder] [msg] [switches]
  switches are:
  -draftfolder +folder
  -draftmessage msg
  -nodraftfolder
  -editor editor
  -noedit
  -file file
  -form formfile
  -[no]use
  -whatnowproc program
  -nowhatnowproc
  -(help)

version: MH 6.5 #45[UCI] (nrtc-gremlin) of Tue Jul  8 11:38:00 PDT 1986
options: [SYS5] [MORE='"/usr/plx/more"'] [NDIR] [BERK] [OVERHEAD]
         [RPATHS] [BANG] [ISI] [WHATNOW] [SENDMTS]
2@ncoast:2 % _

The RPATHS option (I think; manuals aren't online) tells inc to save the
From_ line as a Return-Path: header.  Check the MH configuration manual for
the correct option.

++Brandon
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