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(?) using procmail to process faxes... have a problem

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From: Edward Murphy
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 02:00
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though i have the sinking feeling that this is a much asked question, alas  
i have a need.

my situation:

i am using the procmail/formail system to implement a "fax processing  
system" on our NeXT net. it basically goes like this. faxes come into  
system A where a student worker logs in twice a day, opens the faxes (to  
determine who they're for) and then forwards them to an account we have  
setup running procmail; the subject field is set to be the the username of  
the person for whom the fax is meant. the procmail account receives the  
fax, examines the subject field and presently does 2 things: forwards the  
fax to the user and logs the fact that it sent the fax to him/her.  
alright... everything is fine so far.

my problem:
in addition to 
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From: emurphy@cs.uno.edu (Edward Murphy)
Subject: (?) using procmail to process faxes... have a problem
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Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 02:00:00 GMT
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