Subject: Multiple From Lines causes problems

From: Robert Burns <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 00:22:11 -0400

It seem that I occasionally recieve messages that contain multiple From:
lines (excluding From user@host <date>). An example is as follows:

   Message-Id: <[email-masked]>
   To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <[email-masked]>
   Date: Sat Jun 17 02:53:20 1995
-> From:  <root>

   cc: [email-masked]
   Subject: Re: DES, crypt and eBones 
   Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 09:44:07 +0200
-> From: Mark Murray <[email-masked]> 
   Sender: [email-masked]

The problem is that Pine reads the first From: line and translates it to

root@mydomain in the index. Instead of user@domain in second followind 
From: line.

Can I filter this out somehow? Its kind of a pain when scanning many 
messages.

Please cc: [email-masked]

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Robert Burns ([email-masked])
Mtl., Ca.
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From: [email-masked] (Stephen R. van den Berg)
Date: 19 Jun 1995 11:15:29 +0200

> From:  <root>
> From: Mark Murray <[email-masked]> 

>Can I filter this out somehow? Its kind of a pain when scanning many 

You could install procmail, and then filter all (or just the offending)
messages through:

	formail -U From:

which eliminates all but the last occurrence of From:.
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Sincerely,                                                          [email-masked]
           Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).

A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.