If you are looking for the 100% solution, you are absolutely right; but if a 70% or so solution will work for you the script is great. Also if somebody is dealing with a single mailing list that has a fairly predictable behavior, the script or a slight adaptation may approach the 100% for them. YMMV.
Jim on 10/27/02 2:37 PM, Barry Wainwright wrote: > On 27/10/2002 20:23, "Allen Watson" wrote: > >> Here's an alternative script that removes <anything> that appears in square >> brackets from the subject line. So it will work for any group that inserts a >> group name prefix. > > Except, > > It won�t work with messages that have a long subject line that is split over > two header lines, > > It won�t work with messages prefixed by foreign language equivalents of the > �Re� preface, > > It won�t work properly with those mailers that insert a reply count into the > prefix (�Re(2):�) > > It won�t work properly where the message has a �fwd� prefix, > > It won�t work properly where the message has two or more bracketed sections > (for (an extreme) example; �Re(3): [groupName] Re: [groupName] A new Subject > [was: Fwd: [OT] My Daughter�s Cat]�) > > All of which reasons, and more, is why I suggest that a scripted approach > rapidly becomes over cumbersome, with too many possibilities to consider. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:Entourage-Talk-Off@;lists.letterrip.com> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
