sed -e '/^Lines:/d' $inhdrs # emit the headers, minus any previous Lines: header

# generate Lines: header
lines="`
(
 case "$firstline" in
 '')	sed 1d $inbody ;;			# omit 1st blank line
 *)	cat $inbody ;;
 esac
 if test -r $HOME/.signature; then
	echo '-- '
	sed 4q $HOME/.signature
 fi) | wc -l `"
echo Lines: $lines

case "$firstline" in
'')	;;
*)	echo '' ;;				# insert blank line if missing
esac
cat $inbody					# emit the article body
