Re: Applescript & Eudora
Re: Applescript & Eudora
- Subject: Re: Applescript & Eudora
- From: Bill Briggs <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 21:17:30 -0300
At 12:24 PM -0700 07/05/01, Sabrina L. Nelson wrote:
Is there a way that an Applescript can sort through Eudora mailboxes
(current version for Mac) and strip out HTML code?
Probably, although that's one I've never tried. I've got scripts
that sort through mailboxes doing other things, and this is likely
within the realm of possibility, although there may be some "gotchas"
to work out in stripping out the code.
In other words if
somebody sends me HTML formatted e-mail, can Eudora, with the
assistance of Applescript, strip out the code and leave the text intact?
Is there a reason you need to do this?
I ask because I subscribe to probably twenty mailing lists that are
all high volume and more and more, people don't pay attention and
don't bother to turn off HTML when they send e-mail. Its so
frustrating that I can't even read mail from half the lists I
subscribe to.
Are you receiving the digest from the mailing lists? If you are
subscribed and receiving the mail messages individually, then you
should be able to read HTML mail just fine (unless they send it with
microscopic type). I don't have any problem reading HTML mail in
Eudora.
If you get the lists in digest form, then you do have a problem
reading them. Personally, I think it's much easier to organize your
mail and efficiently archive the threads you want if you receive the
mail messages individually and filter them to an appropriate mailbox.
For my 6 neurons it's the collected thread that matters (same topic
in chronological order - well sometimes in chronological order, but
that can be fixed with a "by date" sort), not the collected digest
(any old topic in any order).
I'm not much of an applescript expert -- really a newbie even though
I took some classes, so any help is appreciated.
Did you even give it a try yet? Write the pseudo code for the script
you want? Anything at all?
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