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Re: reverse the order of messages in a mailbox?
- To: era eriksson <http://www.iki.fi/~era>
- Subject: Re: reverse the order of messages in a mailbox?
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:20:24 +0000
- In-Reply-To: <14340.37319.766198.44814@sirppi.helsinki.fi>
- Keywords: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
> From: era eriksson <http://www.iki.fi/~era>
> Date: Wed Oct 13, 5:05pm
>
> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:35:24 +0000, http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
> (robert) wrote:
> > Does anyone have a script which would reverse the order of messages
> > in a mailbox? I could think of some solutions making use of
> > formail, $FILENO, and sort, but if someone has already done this,
> > why re-invent the wheel?
>
> I would hardly think so, but you could go look for things with "mush"
> in them in the list's archives (and threads related to them).
> <http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/mailing-lists/procmail/>
I see. Are you suggesting that I use "mush"? (I already do, BTW.)
I do not wish to use "mush" in this particular application (downloading to
my palmtop computer).
I guess no one has done this. I will therefore write a script!