From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([63.224.68.2] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16XTlX-0002dU-00 for ; Sun, 03 Feb 2002 16:01:35 -0500 Received: from localhost (wacker@localhost) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g13L1ac03436 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 21:01:36 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: wb2flw.octothorp.org: wacker owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 14:01:36 -0700 (MST) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: So much Windows Mailer crap on this list... In-Reply-To: <002d01c1ab81$2300cb30$e48c3244@cp286066a> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Oh, man! Of all the things I've heard on this list, nothing disturbs me more than what's below, not even the crap that Kirk Wood regularly spews. I don't know how many people read mail the way I do, but here's my method. I use the export feature of Pine to get large volumes of mail and newsgroup posts into one file. Then, I run a script that deletes all the nasty headers and, even some long standing tag-lines. It also deletes lines that begin with a greater-than symbol. That way, I can use a pair of wireless headphones and do dishes or walk the pupcake. It's a lot like listening to a talking book or the radio. Now, since I'm not Jim Stevenson, I realize that I can't expect anyone to change the format of their email to suit me, so I'll just start by using Pine's filter function to shit-can messages from senders known to not put a greater-than symbol at the left margin of quoted text. I do agree that forwarded messages shouldn't have the marker. Bill in Denver On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > One thing that annoys me is the > signs in messages, You will notice > that mine do not have them when I forward directly as below but we > digress.