Stripping MS Crap From Email

Marty Abrego pmmail@rpglink.com
Thu, 04 Nov 1999 23:49:52 -0700


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On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 23:23:02 -0500 (EST), Nigel Clarke wrote:

>>>In fact I don't have to read MS's non standard Rich text crap. I 
>>>have a script that grabs each message as it comes in, strips out
>>>the Rich text crap and presents me with a plain text email message
>>>in its place. 
>>>
>>>This means that I won't be on that ship to Proxima Centauri.
>>
>>I take it that the script of which you speak is the one available from
>>Hobbes?
>
>The executable is richconv.exe and I got it so long ago I don't 
>remember where from.
>
>I filter the <Header> on "Content-Type: text/enriched" and use the
>User Hook (background) to call the execuatable. Works fine for me.

I found it at:


http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/mail/reader/pmm/rconv112.
zip

It claims to work on those evil multi-part messages -- should be
interesting.

Thanx for the tip, Nigel.


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