[Esa-l] SoBig local rule - updated

[John D. Hardin]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Adi Linden wrote:

> > For the "OR" rules you need to be using a weight of 9876543210
> > (include the zero).
> > 
> > >         * 9876543210^1 ^Content-(Type|Disposition):.*name *= 
> > > *"?(your_details|details|application|document.*|movie.*|wicked_scr|your_document|thank_you)\.(pif|scr)"?
> > >         * 9876543210^1 ^Content-(Type|Disposition):.*$.*name *= 
> > > *"?(your_details|details|application|document.*|movie.*|wicked_scr|your_document|thank_you)\.(pif|scr)"?
> 
> I am trying to understand the rules in local-rules.procmail. Why is there 
> a weight associated with the Content- line?

It's an "a and b and c and (d or e)" construct. The weights allow you
to do a logical OR.

> Also, the promailsc man page 
> says the highes weight number supported is 2147483647 but 9876543210 is 
> way larger. 

9876543210 is a lot easier to type and remember, and it works just
fine for "really big". :)
 
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