> I have a mail folder with 5000 messages in it many of which are repeated > i.e. 10-20 copies of the same message from an occasion when my mail > system got truly arsed up. > > Does anyone think it's feasible to come up with a script (procmail I > would guess) to sort the folder and delete the duplicates ???
Yes, procmail. There are duplicate-removal recipes all over the show. They all work the same: stick the msg-ID into a cashe (with formail), check for each msg whether its id is in the cache. Make the cache big enough yada yada Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.orcon.net.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
