Re: Automated message processing

[Peter Davis <pfd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> I figured that since I'm using MH format anyway, I should be able to
> > include a path directly to the message file itself ... except that 
> > Mutt doesn't seem to give me a way to pass that information when I 
> > pipe a message to a script.
> >     
>
> Of course not - it's a *pipe*. :)
>
> In the example:
>
>      cat foo | somecommand
>
> somecommand has no way of ever discovering what or where foo is. 
> That's a feature, not a flaw.
>   

I understand that.  I guess what I should have said was "Mutt doesn't 
give me any way to pass a pointer to the message file.  All I can do is 
pipe the contents of the message."

Thanks!
-pd

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