Earl Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > #<MSGSEP>
> > #^From .*  \w{3} \w{3} [ \d]\d
> > #</MSGSEP>
> 
> This is a strange MSGSEP.  When used on the mailbox file, only a single
> match is made, which causes a message over a megabyte in size to be
> written (if you have the memory).  You either have low memory, or
> process quotas to get the Out of memory error.  I was able to process
> it on my system.  Note, you should list the version of perl
> in use ("perl -v") since perl may play in role.

This is perl, version 5.004_04 built for i386-bsdos

I just tried this on another machine (also perl 5.004_04) and didn't
run out of memory, but rather had the same result that you did.
However, this result isn't much better.

> Regardless, the MSGSEP is not appropriate for the file you gave.

I agree, but did you happen to catch why only a single match was made.

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