Re: Problem with mhl.format

[aalinovi]

I would like to start from the beginning if I may as what I am
experiencing makes no sense to me.
I downloaded a fresh copy of nmh and unzipped it. I didn't re-install
 but only copied generic versions of both mhl.format and mhl.headers 
to ~/Mail/ where I have my nmh files.
Since I am not sure which file is involved I added the line:
"ignores=x-spam-report" to both mhl.format and mhl.headers.
Now if I run show on a mail message in +inbox the x-spam-report does not
show. However if I run show on a message in +nmh the x-spam-report does
show along with content-type, message-id and every other header field.
However, if I run mhshow on a message in +nmh the x-spam-report line is not
visible. The lines I have in ~/.mh_profile are:

showproc: less
mhshow: -noconcat
mhshow-show-text/html: w3m %F

To answer your question about mhl:

/bin$ /usr/local/libexec/nmh/mhl -form /usr/bin/passwd -nomoreproc
mhl: vfgets() botch -- you lose big
/bin$ 

I am sure this is something obvious but I am at a loss to understand it.

Arthur

In message <20220215105458.9DFD11FE27@orac.inputplus.co.uk>, Ralph Corderoy 
writes:
>Hi aalinovi,
>
>> I am not sure where I messed up, but suddenly nmh seems to be ignoring
>> the mhl.format file, specifically the "ignores" line.
>> This is a basic mhl.format file with no editing or alterations on my
>> part.
>
>What command are you using which fails, e.g. show, mhshow.  That would
>be the starting point for seeing when it leads to mhl being run.
>
>If you introduce a syntax error into the mhl.format you think is being
>used, does mhl grumble?
>
>    $ /usr/lib/nmh/mhl -form /etc/passwd -nomoreproc
>    mhl: format file syntax error: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
>    $
>
>-- 
>Cheers, Ralph.
>