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Re: lynx-dev Version hides real subject in mailing list
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Bela Lubkin |
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Re: lynx-dev Version hides real subject in mailing list |
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Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:21:51 -0800 |
David Combs wrote:
> Maybe MUTT should be looked at, and how IT munges the
> subject-line to form the sort-key -- the majordomo lynx-added
> scheme should be sensitive to THAT.
>
> eg, it should remove the "Re:" BEFORE doing its shrinkage.
>
> A further problem is that you send out ONE email, ie with
> ONE subject line (munged, canonicalized, whataever), REGARDLESS
> of the screen WIDTH of the mail READER (person); in fact,
> one hour he/she might have 80 col screen, and the next
> hour (returning from the airport) maybe 132.
>
> No easy solution here!
David, you have a small point here. You argue it too vigorously. IMHO.
The EMBEDDED CAPS don't help, they make you look like a used car
salesman / spammer.
Anyway. Yeah, look at Mutt. I haven't, yet, but I understand that it
is quite flexible. Now, mind you I'm only guessing, but I just bet it
has the ability to mangle subject lines *in your mailbox*. I bet you
could instruct it to modify the subject lines of your lynx-dev mailbox
before you ever see them, and keep them so modified. e.g. (as `sed`
regular expressions):
s/lynx-dev //g
s/[Rr]e: [Rr]e: /Re: /g
s/lynx2\.8\.1dev\./281dev/g
s/lynx2\.8\.1rel\./281rel/g
s/lynx2\.8\.2dev\./282dev/g
s/[Ll]ynx *//g (if you really want to get serious...)
I also know for sure that *other* programs exist which will do this sort
of transformation to a mailbox, or to each individual mail message as it
arrives. procmail, for example.
So go wild -- do whatever you want to the subject lines in your own
mailbox(es).
>Bela<
- lynx-dev Version hides real subject in mailing list, David Woolley, 1999/03/19
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- Re: lynx-dev Version hides real subject in mailing list, David Woolley, 1999/03/21
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- Re: lynx-dev Is this a referer header problem ?, Klaus Weide, 1999/03/22
- Re: lynx-dev Is this a referer header problem ?, Ismael Cordeiro, 1999/03/22
- Re: lynx-dev Is this a referer header problem ?, Serge Munhoven, 1999/03/22
- Re: lynx-dev Is this a referer header problem ?, Philip Webb, 1999/03/23
Re: lynx-dev Version hides real subject in mailing list, Eduardo Chappa L., 1999/03/19