Re: [Exim] [possible faq] how do modify headers in a ~/.forw…

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Author: Marc Haber
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] [possible faq] how do modify headers in a ~/.forward?
On Fri, 14 May 2004 19:23:07 +0200, Spiro Trikaliotis
<ml-exim@???> wrote:
>* On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 07:11:26PM +0200 Marc Haber wrote:
>> I would like to modify the subject of incoming messages depending on
>> some conditions. For example, I would like to change the subject to
>> "[bugtraq] $subject" if the message comes in for the recipient
>> mh+bugtraq@???.
>
>For me, it's the opposite: I remove these headers which are added by
>some mailing lists.


*grins*

I tend to sort the important mailing lists into my main inbox.

>> Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any possibilities to remove/add
>> headers in a filter file. Is this really not possible, or is there a
>> trick?
>
>Why don't you use procmail + formail:


Pragmatical reasons. I have never needed to learn procmail's byzantine
syntax because everything I used to need was doable with an exim
filter.

Greetings
Marc

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