procmail/examples

[Robert Holtzman]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Gene Heskett wrote:

> I see all the examples, but there is not a real tut as to what a : character
> does when it is not the leading char on the line.  Many other such questions
> are similarly unanswered in the available man pages.
>
> To use the above char as an example, what is the diff between
> :0
> and
> :0:

The trailing : invokes locking.

Your best bet would be the procmail mail list. Also look at 
www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs

-- 
Bob Holtzman
"Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round...