[REBOL] Re: subject tags...
From: Steven::White::ci::bloomington::mn::us at: 17-Nov-2003 17:17
>>> [maximo--meteorstudios--com] 11/17/03 04:19PM >>>
>>>
>>>is anyone into adding [tag] in the subject of list messages to
create easy >>>rule wizards for use by all?
I like the idea, although I do not know how to implement it. I am
getting swamped by messages. I scan them all because just a few are
VERY helpful, but most are beyond my ability to understand at this
time.
With tags, I could transfer my rebol-list subscription to my home POP
account instead of my office account, and write a REBOL script to:
* Scan all email messages.
* Download any with REBOL in the subject, and leave the rest on the POP
site for my spouse.
* Scan for the tag.
* Look for a disk file called something like REBOLMAIL.[tag].
* Append the message to the end of the file.
* Examine the latest update dates of all my REBOLMAIL files.
* Send me a note of any that have changed on that day.
Then I could read the changed files. Maybe when I appended the day's
mail I could append a marker showing the start of the day's entries, and
just use VIM to read the file. If I wanted to respond, I could copy and
paste, into the response, the segment of text representing that message
being answered.
Hmm, that does sound like a lot of work. Still, tags would help in
scanning by eye also. The script could be "left as an exercise for the
reader," or posted in the library.
Steven White
City of Bloomington
1800 W Old Shakopee Rd
Bloomington MN 55431-3096
USA
952-563-4882 (voice)
952-563-4672 (fax)
[steven--white--ci--bloomington--mn--us]
