On 10/27/02 07:22, Mark and Theresa wrote:
> I am on a mailing list that has several different replying styles used. The
> first has "Insrt name of group" first, so "[group] chickens" would be
> followed up with "[group] Re: chickens". On the other hand some use a
> different style as is the reply being "Re: [group] chickens". Is there any
> way of lumping these in one thread rather than having them replies split?
You can't change the way Entourage does threading, but you can change the
Subject of the incoming messages...at least, I think that would do it.
If you don't mind getting rid of [group], you could use an AppleScript like
this:
property listprefix : "[group]"
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set msg to item 1 of (get current messages)
set temp to subject of msg
if temp contains listprefix then
set tid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to listprefix
set newdata to text items of temp
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set temp to text items of newdata as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
set newdata to text items of temp
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
set temp to text items of newdata as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tid
set subject of msg to temp
end if
end tell
Replace [group] with the specific list name, of course. You can save the
compiled script virtually anywhere (as long as you can find it <G>), because
you'll want to attach it as an Option for your Mailing List Rule (you do
have this list set up in Mailing List Manager, right?).
If you want to keep the prefix that the list uses, just before this line:
set subject of msg to temp
Add this:
set temp to listprefix & " " & temp
> On a similar subject what about people on two lists "crossposting"? The same
> message might appear twice � can we get round this in some way too?
I'm afraid I've not found a good way to handle this, either. Maybe Paul,
Allen or Mickey have come up with something.
George
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