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A sendmail wrapper for rss2email to write mail directly into mbox
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sendmail_localhost_mbox.sh
#!/bin/bash
# A wrapper for rss2email
# Usage: in ~/.config/rss2email.cfg
# email-protocol = sendmail
# sendmail = ~/bin/sendmail_localhost_mbox
while [ -e ~/Mails/RSS.mbox.lock ]; do sleep 0.01; done
touch ~/Mails/RSS.mbox.lock
echo From RSS2EMAIL_SENDMAIL_WRAPPER `date +"%a %b %d %T %Y"` >> ~/Mails/RSS.mbox
#tee -a ~/Mails/RSS.mbox > /dev/null
cat >> ~/Mails/RSS.mbox
echo >> ~/Mails/RSS.mbox
rm ~/Mails/RSS.mbox.lock
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