According to http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/info/proctips.html#orrules , you can make basic or rules in .procmailrc with something

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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T00:58:54+00:00 2026-05-12T00:58:54+00:00

According to http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/info/proctips.html#orrules , you can make basic “or” rules in .procmailrc with something like:

:0:
* ^From:.*reriksso@([-a-z0-9_]+\.)*helsinki\.fi|\
  ^From:.*era@iki\.fi
${DEFAULT}

Normally, you can make a condition checks the body with a condition like

* B ?? search_body_for_this

However, this overrides the default header/body search area, so I can’t do something like

* B ?? search_body_for_this|\
  ^From:.*example@example\.com

Is there any way I can do “or” rules as conditions that have sub-conditions that search the body and headers separately?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-12T00:58:54+00:00

Actually I misinterpreted your question the first time…

But if I understand you correctly than the solution would be to create two successive rules and using flag E (else if)

:0 H
* <header condition>
<action>

:0 EB
* <body condition>
<action>

(Header flag set for documentation to explicitly state the purpose of the rule.)

Nontheless, my previous answer might contain something new to you so I just leave it be:

I don’t know about your solution, but you can make OR-Rules by using weights

:0
* 1^1 some expression
* 1^1 some other expression
/some/destination

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