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- Short: Strips eGroup adverts, with GUI. V0.13
- Author: ©2000 Steve Bowman (Steve & Ulli Bowman <stevebow@hotkey.net.au>)
- Uploader: Steve Bowman (Steve & Ulli Bowman <stevebow@hotkey.net.au>)
- Version: 0.13ß (18-Sep-2000)
- Type: comm/mail
- Requires: OS3.5 (or AWNPipe:), YAM 2.0
-
- About 80% of my incoming mail comes via eGroups. Since eGoups in a great
- stroke of marketing genius decided to move their advertisments from the bottom
- of messages to the top, surely a Real Good Thing® in their opinion, they have
- now become annoying enough not to ignore.
-
- No longer. This ARexx script takes care of that for you automatically.
-
- This started out as a very basic script, but I just kept adding and adding to
- it. :^) It is a beta, which means it works fine (so far) on my setup but may
- not on yours. Please report any problems.
-
- FEATURES:
-
- · Reaction GUI with progress bar and info on number of messages scanned and
- adverts stripped.
- · Will locate the Incoming Folder regardless of its actual name or postion in
- the folder list or language (I hope...) YAM is running in.
- · Will only scan mails flagged as New in the Incoming Folder - because if
- you're anything like me you will usually have ~50 Read mails in your incoming
- folder waiting to be manually archived. :^)
- · Intelligent scanning - if any new messages are not eGroup messages, they will
- be skipped.
- · If no new mails are downloaded from the server, no scanning at all takes
- place.
- · After updating Incoming Folder index, returns you to your previous
- folder/state before script exits. For example, if you have selected a number
- of messages to be deleted in a folder and the script starts after a download,
- you will be restored to that folder with the messages reselected when the
- script terminates.
-
- INSTALLATION:
-
- To install, simply copy this script to YAM:Rexx. Now open YAM's Config panel
- and go to the ARexx section. Hilite the "After getting new mail" item and load
- "Rexx/Strip_eGroups.rexx" into the Script gadget. Double check the Pop-up
- selector is on ARexx and not AmigaDOS. Leave "Open console window unchecked,
- but (IMPORTANT) make sure "Wait for termination" is checked ON. Click on Save,
- and that's it.
-
- THINGS TO DO (MAYBE):
- · Scanning of archived old mail.
- · Preferences for scanning other non-eGroups mail. Currently only messages
- from eGroups with their current seperater pattern is used.
- · German translation of program text and docs.
- · Any requests???
-
- DISCLAIMER:
-
- · This script is to be used entirely at your own risk, and although I have
- performed extensive testing, I will not be held responsible for any loss of
- data as a result of its use.
- · This script is ©2000 by me, and may only be distributed in its original
- unmodified form.
-
- If you disagree with any of the above, do not use the script!
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 2819 1519 46.1% 22-Sep-00 23:30:10 eGroupsScanner.readme
- 8071 2138 73.5% 22-Sep-00 23:10:38 eGroupsScanner.rexx
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- 10890 3657 66.4% 23-Sep-100 04:32:18 2 files
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