Re: [vps-mail] Rewriting Subject Line thru procmailrc file

[Scott Wiersdorf <scottw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:40:15PM -0400, Jim Smith wrote:
> I've searched and Googled but still confused on this: How do I append
> something to the Subject line of emails using procmailrc? I have a client
> wanting ""BB-SPAM** in the header for each email that matches spam criteria
> in the procmailrc file. I know how to do this in the spamassassin's
> user_prefs file but can't figure out how it works in procmail. Is there an
> easily understood tutorial on this? (Please don't make me wade through the
> man formail again.) Or can someone give me the formula with some Cliff Notes
> to do this?

Something like this, p'raps:

  ## extract the existing subject
  SUBJECT=`formail -zxSubject:`

  ## append (BB-SPAM**) to the existing subject
  :0 fh
  | formail -I"Subject: $SUBJECT (BB-SPAM**)"

Scott
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