Re: to much list info

Re: to much list info

[Jim Stevenson]

Hi.

I save many of the list messages to get a base of helpful data for when I 
transission to lynnex. 

Could we illiminate the subscription and unsubscribe from the end of each message?

Those who are on the list should already know this, so repeating it just
wastes disk space.

Thanks much

Re: to much list info

[Luke Davis]

I agree with Jim here; it adds alot of unnecessary date to messages that 
are saved.
It's fine once; but when you save as much as I do, it really adds up . . 
.

If it is necessary to have this; why just not send a refresher message,
once a montu, or something?
On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Jim Stevenson wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I save many of the list messages to get a base of helpful data for when I 
> transission to lynnex. 
> 
> Could we illiminate the subscription and unsubscribe from the end of each message?
> 
> Those who are on the list should already know this, so repeating it just
> wastes disk space.
> 
> Thanks much
> 
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> with subject line: unsubscribe
> 
> 

Re: to much list info

[John Schucker]

Ummm ... or you could just write something to strip it off for yourself?  
You have flex, awk, etc., etc., etc.  You could probably even do it in sed.

Re: to much list info

[Hans Zoebelein]

Removing the disclaimer at the end of each mail
is really easy under LINUX/UNIX using the command "grep"
The following script file will do the work for you.

Save this mail as a file called "stripme". 
Edit the file and remove all stuff before and after 
"---snip-snip---". (Remove line "---snip-snip---" also).

Copy "stripme" into the directory where your mail 
file sits ( normally /home/YOUR_NICKNAME/mail )
Change the variable MAILFILE to the real name of your 
mail file (normally "saved-messages"). Make "stripme" executable:

"chmod uog+x stripme"

Fire up "stripme" and the disclaimer is gone (but hopefully not
your mail file :) A backup of your original mail file will saved
in saved-messages.<process_id_no>.

----Snip-Snip-Snip----
#!/bin/sh
#
#stripme
#
# remove some lines from $MAILFILE
# put this file into your directory, where your
# mail file sits.

# adapt MAILFILE to your real mailbox file name 
MAILFILE=saved-messages 
MAILFILE_NEW=saved-messages.new
MAILFILE_BAK=saved-messages.$$

# all lines containing these strings will vanish
REMOVE_ME1="Blinux software archive at"
REMOVE_ME2="Blinux web page at"
REMOVE_ME3="To unsubscribe send mail to"
REMOVE_ME4="with subject line:" 

# if your box creashes during work...
cp $MAILFILE $MAILFILE_BAK

cat $MAILFILE \   
| grep -v "$REMOVE_ME1" \  
| grep -v "$REMOVE_ME2" \    
| grep -v "$REMOVE_ME3" \ 
| grep -v "$REMOVE_ME4" > $MAILFILE_NEW
                                         
mv $MAILFILE_NEW $MAILFILE

----Snip-Snip-Snip----

Hans



On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Jim Stevenson wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I save many of the list messages to get a base of helpful data for when I 
> transission to lynnex. 
> 
> Could we illiminate the subscription and unsubscribe from the end of each message?
> 
> Those who are on the list should already know this, so repeating it just
> wastes disk space.
> 
> Thanks much
>