2010-10-19



Set up forwarding with forw(1) in my nmh installation.   To  have
the  same subject as the original mail I use a much stripped-down
version of Jerry Peek's forwedit(1) [0].

     #!/bin/sh
     #
     # Add the origional Subject to the forwarded mail
     # This is a stripped down but less secure version of Jerry Peek's forwedit
     # http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/examples/mh/bin/forwedit

     origsubj=`scan -width 1000 -format '%{subject}' ${mhmessages-cur}`

     case "$origsubj" in
     *"
     "*)  draftsubj="Forwarded messages" ;;
     *"Fwd:"*)  draftsubj="$origsubj" ;;
     *)  draftsubj="Fwd: $origsubj" ;;
     esac

     A=`printf ' 01'`

     ed - "$1" <<!
     /^Subject:/s${A}{A}$draftsubj${A}
     w
     !

     vi "$1"

(Notice the nice separator knack for the substitution.)


I also played a lot with mhshow(1) stuff, and besides that I read
the MH FAQ.

[0]  http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/examples/mh/bin/forwedit


http://marmaro.de/lue/        markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>