Variable: rmail-unix-mail-delimiter

rmail-unix-mail-delimiter is a variable defined in rmail.el.gz.

Value

"From \\([^�-\n-
].*\\)? \\([^�-
 ]+\\) +\\([^�-
 ]+\\) +\\([0-3]?[0-9]\\) +\\([0-2][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\\(:[0-6][0-9]\\)?\\) *\\([A-Z]?[A-Z]?[A-Z][A-Z]\\( DST\\)?\\|[-+]?[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\\|\\) * \\([0-9][0-9]+\\) *\\([A-Z]?[A-Z]?[A-Z][A-Z]\\( DST\\)?\\|[-+]?[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\\|\\) *\\(remote from .*\\)?\n"

Documentation

Regexp matching the delimiter of messages in UNIX mail format
(UNIX From lines), minus the initial ^. Note that if you change
this expression, you must change the code in rmail-nuke-pinhead-header that knows the exact ordering of the \( \) subexpressions.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/rmail.el.gz
(defvar rmail-unix-mail-delimiter
  (let ((time-zone-regexp
	 (concat "\\([A-Z]?[A-Z]?[A-Z][A-Z]\\( DST\\)?"
		 "\\|[-+]?[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]"
		 "\\|"
		 "\\) *")))
    (concat
     "From "

     ;; Many things can happen to an RFC 822 (or later) mailbox before it is
     ;; put into a `From' line.  The leading phrase can be stripped, e.g.
     ;; `Joe <@w.x:joe@y.z>' -> `<@w.x:joe@y.z>'.  The <> can be stripped, e.g.
     ;; `<@x.y:joe@y.z>' -> `@x.y:joe@y.z'.  Everything starting with a CRLF
     ;; can be removed, e.g.
     ;;		From: joe@y.z (Joe	K
     ;;			User)
     ;; can yield `From joe@y.z (Joe    K Fri Mar 22 08:11:15 1996', and
     ;;		From: Joe User
     ;;			<joe@y.z>
     ;; can yield `From Joe User Fri Mar 22 08:11:15 1996'.
     ;; The mailbox can be removed or be replaced by white space, e.g.
     ;;		From: "Joe User"{space}{tab}
     ;;			<joe@y.z>
     ;; can yield `From {space}{tab} Fri Mar 22 08:11:15 1996',
     ;; where {space} and {tab} represent the Ascii space and tab characters.
     ;; We want to match the results of any of these manglings.
     ;; The following regexp rejects names whose first characters are
     ;; obviously bogus, but after that anything goes.
     "\\([^\0-\b\n-\r\^?].*\\)? "

     ;; The time the message was sent.
     "\\([^\0-\r \^?]+\\) +"				; day of the week
     "\\([^\0-\r \^?]+\\) +"				; month
     "\\([0-3]?[0-9]\\) +"				; day of month
     "\\([0-2][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\\(:[0-6][0-9]\\)?\\) *"	; time of day

     ;; Perhaps a time zone, specified by an abbreviation, or by a
     ;; numeric offset.
     time-zone-regexp

     ;; The year.
     " \\([0-9][0-9]+\\) *"

     ;; On some systems the time zone can appear after the year, too.
     time-zone-regexp

     ;; Old uucp cruft.
     "\\(remote from .*\\)?"

     "\n"))
  "Regexp matching the delimiter of messages in UNIX mail format
\(UNIX From lines), minus the initial ^.  Note that if you change
this expression, you must change the code in `rmail-nuke-pinhead-header'
that knows the exact ordering of the \\( \\) subexpressions.")