Re: [Exim] Re: Lines: xxx mail header and maildir

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Author: Dave C.
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To: Miquel van Smoorenburg
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Re: Lines: xxx mail header and maildir
On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

> In article <20021019162827.GM2731@???>,
> Marc MERLIN <marc_news@???> wrote:
> >So, I recently switched to maildir delivery with the following
> >transport:
> >
> >The problem is that I then read my mail with mutt, which reads the
> >Lines: header to show me how many lines are in the message it tells me 0
> >for all the maildir messages since they lack that header.
> >Apparently the header doesn't get added anywhere.
>
> Indeed. That's why I tried to convince Philip that exim should be
> able to add this header. And I succeeded ;)
>
> >Ok, I'm curious now: who is responsible for adding that Lines header?
> >Exim?
> >The MDA?
>
> The LDA, which is usually exim.
>
> headers_remove = "lines"
> headers_add = "Lines: ${body_linecount}\n"
>



Just as an aside, in my 8 years of running mailservers, I have never
seen or used such a header. It must be some nonstandard thing your MUA
needs.


> Mike.
>
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