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.