Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 22:34:07 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Email & HTML & 1st Friday Meeting Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> > candymadigan at mindspring.com 04/09/02 08:24PM >>> > >>At 09:15 AM 04/09/2002 -0400, you wrote: >> > shofmann at mindspring.com 04/08/02 11:46PM >>> >> >> >>>>>> "KFL" ==3D Keith F Lynch <kfl at keithlynch.net> writes: >> > >> > KFL> Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com> wrote: >> > >> Uh. Keith. I asked you how to un-HTML a message I was trying to >> > >> forward and when you didn't reply, I just gave up. >> > >> > KFL> I apologize for not replying. My answer is that I don't know = what >> > KFL> software you have available, nor how to operate it. Your = question >> > KFL> may be answered by the documentation for your software, or by = the >> > KFL> appropriate section of http://www.expita.com/nomime.html >> > >> > KFL> In a standard text editor such as emacs or vi, you can delete >> > KFL> all text which begins with a left-angle-bracket and ends with a >> > KFL> right-angle bracket. That's not perfect, but it's good enough. >> > >> >If you're working on a system which supports PERL (pretty much all = >>unix-like >> >systems such as linux, and Windows but with some considerable hacking) = = >>you >> >can >> >use the handy-dandy "striptags" script available at >> >http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/3472/striptags.txt. A google for >> >"striptags" turned up several other versions in other languages (such = as = >>Java >> >and Python). >> > >> >I realize this doesn't help the people who can't install software on = the >> >machines they send mail from, but perhaps it (or something like it) = can = >>be >> >helpful elsewhere. >> >>This may come as a shock, but I suspect there may be a number of people = on >= >>this list who haven't the foggiest idea what you said. > >For instance, me. Candy, I'm shocked, just shocked. I bet you also don't hand calibrate the spark = plugs in your car. And how is your arm these days - gotta hand crank the = old engine too, you know . . . <g> mjw > >Candy >