The resend.fixmsg Shell Script
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#! /bin/sh
# $Id: resend.fixmsg,v 1.6 92/07/24 18:23:58 jerry book2 $
### resend.fixmsg - editor for fixing up returned mail
### Usage in MH profile: resend: -editor resend.fixmsg -nodashmunging
### MUST ALSO ADD: -format OR -filter xxx
##
## TO USE THIS, FIRST MAKE A VERSION OF forw NAMED resend
## (MAKE SYMBOLIC LINK TO forw, ETC.). THEN, ADD THE ENTRY
## SHOWN ABOVE TO YOUR MH profile file.
##
## WHEN YOU START resend, IT BUILDS A DRAFT AND CALLS
## resend.fixmsg TO EDIT IT. resend.fixmsg MAKES THE MESSAGE
## LOOK ALMOST EXACTLY AS IT DID THE FIRST TIME YOU COMPOSED
## IT, THEN STARTS AN EDITOR (DEFAULT: vi) TO FIX THE ADDRESS.
# $1 IS PATH TO DRAFT (SET BY forw). THEN ed SCRIPT:
# DELETES LINES THROUGH FIRST "To: (you)".
# DELETES LINES TO BUT NOT INCLUDING NEXT "To: (original)".
# REMOVES Date:/From:/Sender: LINES THAT MAILER PUT IN MESSAGE.
# REMOVES FROM BLANK LINE BEFORE "---- End of Forwarded Message"
# THROUGH THE END OF THE FILE.
/bin/ed - $1 << "END"
1,/^To: /d
1,/^To: /-1d
1,/^$/g/^Date: /d
1,/^$/g/^From: /d
1,/^$/g/^Sender: /d
$
?^------- End of Forwarded Message?-1,$d
w
q
END
# EDIT WITH $VISUAL, $EDITOR OR vi. exec TO SAVE A PROCESS:
exec ${VISUAL-${EDITOR-vi}} $1
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