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Re: extract_url.pl: A Better URL Viewer

Hi Kyle,

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>  Hello all,
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>  After a bit of work, I've gotten a perl script that I think rivals
>  URLView. I call it "extract_url.pl", and it's here:
>  http://www.memoryhole.net/~kyle/extract_url/
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>  This is a Perl script that extracts URLs from correctly-encoded MIME
>  email messages. This can be used either as a pre-parser for urlview,
>  or to replace urlview entirely (as long as you have the Curses::UI
>  module installed).
>
>  Urlview is a great program, but has some deficiencies. In particular,
>  it isn't particularly configurable, and cannot handle URLs that have
>  been broken over several lines in format=flowed delsp=yes email
>  messages. Also, urlview  doesn't eliminate duplicate URLs. This perl
>  script handles all of that. It also sanitizes URLs so that they can't
>  break out of the command shell.
>
>  Let me know what you think! If you have suggestions or have found a
>  bug in it, let me know that too.
>
>  I hope it helps someone.
>

yes it does ;)

-- 
Francis