Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site panda.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!genrad!panda!jpn From: jpn@panda.UUCP (John P. Nelson) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: leading comments Message-ID: <786@panda.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 23:36:31 EDT Article-I.D.: panda.786 Posted: Tue Aug 20 23:36:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 14:44:56 EDT References: <318@luke.UUCP> <157@gargoyle.UUCP> Reply-To: jpn@panda.UUCP (John P. Nelson) Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 14 Keywords: rn In article <157@gargoyle.UUCP> ihnp4!gargoyle!keith (Keith Waclena) writes: >Now a quick question: (our) rn always prepends a line like ``Article >whatever from net.random'' whether I save via s or w. This screws our >mail program; if I say ``use mbox format'' mail won't recognize the >file as such unless I edit out that offending line.. can anyone tell >me how to get rn to leave out that line? The problem is in the shell script, mbox.saver I changed this line to output a line in the format "Article: xxxx of net.foo" turning that line into a proper header line, and so have not had any problems with mail since. John P. Nelson (decvax!genrad!panda!jpn)