On or near 10/27/02 2:37 PM, Barry Wainwright at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
> 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. All of that may be true. However, in the several years I have been using it, NONE of those odd cases have ever occurred and the script has never failed for me. If it does, no big deal; I get a message with bracketed material in the subject line. For me, at least, those instances seem to be so rare as not to be worth worrying about. People with many foreign correspondents, or correspondents whose mailers use the numbering scheme, may need something else. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/allenwatson@;thinkaccess.net/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- 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/>
