A random thought: From this thread it looks like the subject line
translation/substitution should be expressed as a set of regular expression
rules in the conf. file.
What do you think ?
Harmeet
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Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: RE: AvalonListserv annoying cosmetic bug
>
> Random thought...
>
> As shown below, this would allow a subject line to be entered
> Subject: message to the list [seemunky]
>
> Is this a flaw? It's not really a prefix anymore... it should perhaps be
> placed immediately after the Re/FW indicators, before the actual subject -
> if we're talking cosmetic.
>
> Another thought, should it remove the existing prefix in this case? What
> if the prefix appears multiple times?
> Subject: Re: Sending messages to the [seemunky] list...
>
> Regards,
>
> -Troy
>
> > From: "Danny Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: RE: AvalonListserv annoying cosmetic bug
> > Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 17:04:22 +0100
> >
> > actually its in GenericListserv, it should n't remove the prefix if its
> > already there (IMHO) so that
> > "Re:[prefix] blah" is a reasonable subject line to expect..
> >
> > this chunk:
> > //If the "prefix" is in the subject line, remove it and
> > everything before it
> > int index = subj.indexOf(prefix);
> > if (index > -1) {
> > if (index == 0) {
> > subj = prefix + ' ' + subj.substring(index +
> > prefix.length() + 1);
> > } else {
> > subj = prefix + ' ' + subj.substring(0, index) +
> > subj.substring(index + prefix.length() + 1);
> > }
> > } else {
> > subj = prefix + ' ' + subj;
> > }
> >
> > should be
> > //If the "prefix" is in the subject line, *dont* remove
> it
> > int index = subj.indexOf(prefix);
> > if (index > -1) {
> > //dont do anything anymore
> > } else {
> > subj = prefix + ' ' + subj;
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Danny Angus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 4:53 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: AvalonListserv annoying cosmetic bug
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > the AvalonListserv mailet goes a bit awry with "RE:" and
> <subjectprefix>
> > >
> > > it moves the subject prefix to the front every time, so my mail
> > > client adds another "RE:"
> > >
> > > for EG; "RE: [seemunky] RE: RE: RE: test"
> > >
>
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