[H-GEN] Procmail testing

Jason Parker-Burlingham jasonp at panix.com
Tue Jan 6 22:56:12 EST 2004


Christopher Biggs <listjunkie at pobox.com> writes:

> One further refinement is to add a backup folder, which holds a copy
> of the last N messages.    Adjust N to suit your paranoia factor.

   $ rcsdiff -u PROCMAILRC
   [...]
   -| cd backup && /bin/rm -f dummy `ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,250d`
   +| cd backup && /bin/rm -f dummy `ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,2500d`

I'm *really* annoyed I didn't notice how low that default was.  About
1000 messages (most of 'em spam, but *still*, it was someone else's
mail---I'd have been fine with it happening to mine!) down the drain.

*sigh*
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