#! /bin/sh # $Id: resend.fixmsg,v 1.6 92/07/24 18:23:58 jerry book2 $ ### resend.fixmsg - editor for fixing up returned mail ### Usage in MH profile: resend: -editor resend.fixmsg -nodashmunging ### MUST ALSO ADD: -format OR -filter xxx ## ## TO USE THIS, FIRST MAKE A VERSION OF forw NAMED resend ## (MAKE SYMBOLIC LINK TO forw, ETC.). THEN, ADD THE ENTRY ## SHOWN ABOVE TO YOUR MH profile file. ## ## WHEN YOU START resend, IT BUILDS A DRAFT AND CALLS ## resend.fixmsg TO EDIT IT. resend.fixmsg MAKES THE MESSAGE ## LOOK ALMOST EXACTLY AS IT DID THE FIRST TIME YOU COMPOSED ## IT, THEN STARTS AN EDITOR (DEFAULT: vi) TO FIX THE ADDRESS. # $1 IS PATH TO DRAFT (SET BY forw). THEN ed SCRIPT: # DELETES LINES THROUGH FIRST "To: (you)". # DELETES LINES TO BUT NOT INCLUDING NEXT "To: (original)". # REMOVES Date:/From:/Sender: LINES THAT MAILER PUT IN MESSAGE. # REMOVES FROM BLANK LINE BEFORE "---- End of Forwarded Message" # THROUGH THE END OF THE FILE. /bin/ed - $1 << "END" 1,/^To: /d 1,/^To: /-1d 1,/^$/g/^Date: /d 1,/^$/g/^From: /d 1,/^$/g/^Sender: /d $ ?^------- End of Forwarded Message?-1,$d w q END # EDIT WITH $VISUAL, $EDITOR OR vi. exec TO SAVE A PROCESS: exec ${VISUAL-${EDITOR-vi}} $1
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This file is from the third edition of the book MH & xmh: Email for Users & Programmers, ISBN 1-56592-093-7, by Jerry Peek. Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. This file is freely-available; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information, see the file copying.htm.
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