Sue wrote:
> Mark Fowler wrote:
>
> > A pint (or five) to the first person that writes a Mail::Audit script /
> > PINE[2] display filter that can detect jeopardy quoting and...
>
> I find the widespread practice of cutesy footnoting to be far more
> irritating than any of the other complaints which have come through my
> inbox today.
Erk, sorry. Didn't know it bothered you. How about I write you a
Mail::Audit script that can fix that too ;-) .
We know perl right? Can't we (collectivly) come up with a set of scripts
to fix (for certain values of fix, depending on personal style) all of
these problems before the data is actually presented to us. This *has* to
be better than ranting at people. I hate it when mommy and daddy fight.
Problems off of the top of my head that may or may not need fixing
depending on your personal point of view:
1) Non ASCII mail (i.e. when someone uses a pesky font with ukp signs in
it or something, or worse smart quotes)
2) Jeopardy Quoting
3) Lines >72 chars long (we - well damian - has fixed this one right)
4) Attachments (this is a biggie - but I'd like to see my attachments
automatically dumped in a password protected web directory that I can
access via the web if I really have to)
5) Silly cute footnotes
6) Any signature over 4 lines long
7) Mailing list unsubscribe info.
8) HTML mail (Or in my case something that can detect HTML mail and
then filter it to "spam")
10) Numbered lists that don't have the right value (again, fixx0red by
damian)
Scripts (or Mail::Audit plugins/settings for your webclient of
choice better) to the list
Later.
Mark.
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