Re: [vps-mail] procmail : about reading info from ASCII files

[Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 02:55:22AM +0100, anon wrote:
> >:0H
> >* 10 ^From:.*bargain
> >* 10 ^From:.*casino
> >* 10 ^From:.*credit
> <snip>
> >* 10 ^From:.*rewards
> >* 10 ^From:.*awards
> 
> Every condition will be excuted! They say to use the maximum number
> SUPREME = 9876543210
> 
> as in
> 
> * $SUPREME ^From:.*awards
> 
> which will make the recipe finish on the first true condition

Actually, that's:

    * $ $SUPREME^0 ^From:.*awards

The leading '$' says "do shell interpolation (i.e., expand variables)
after this point". Since $SUPREME is a variable, we want it's value,
not simply the string '$SUPREME' (discussed in proctip2).

Other than that, you're right of course. For long lists, you'll want
to use the SUPREMUM value; for short lists, it doesn't hurt much to
scan several times (unless you're scanning the body, in which case
each one can hurt a lot if the body is large). It's a good habit to
get into.

Scott
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Scott Wiersdorf
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