On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Eli the Bearded wrote:
Michael Helm <helm(_at_)fionn(_dot_)es(_dot_)net> wrote:
I'm trying to deal with a mailing list that has some subscribers
with problem user mail agents. These prefix the subject with
various junk strings that trip up threading & sorting in conventional
mailers, eg Re[8]: my subject or Sv: My subject or FW: stuff
I hate those stupid numbered subjects. I have considered writing
a nastygram generator that autoresponds to them saying get a real
MUA.
With chronic MUA nasties, I tend to create a filter based first on the
mailer (X-Mailer if available) and act appropriately. Re:[n] is a classic
Cc:Mail addition.
Use perl.
More and more perl -pe is showing up in my recipes. (Speaking of perl: my
friend is the copy editor of the next O'Reilly perl book, "Advanced Perl
Programming", due out this fall. I was unable to extort a copy, but did
manage to get the table of contents. Anyone interested? What am I bid for
this thing? :)
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