Re: extract_url.pl - version 1.3
0n Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:14:21PM -0500, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
>The original reason for this script was because urlview doesn't
>correctly handle format=flowed email or any other email encodings, so
>URLs are often mishandled or simply broken. This script handles all
>known encodings *correctly* (when fed the raw email). It can be used
>either as a standalone script (which requires the Curses::UI perl
>module) or as a pre-filter for urlview.
Ahh, now this is what i like to hear.
I have a few questions:
1. What is meant by "format=flowed email" ?
2. What are the "known encodings" ?
I often have broken links in the body of my emails and I don't know why e.g.
The link is meant to look like:
http://odinr.dcb.defence.gov.au/uhtbin/cgisirsi/MhOktEUDHs/DSTOE/242330010/60/54/X
But I will always see it like this in mutt:
http://odinr.dcb.defence.gov.au/uhtbin/cgisirsi/MhOktEUDHs/DSTOE/2423300
10/60/54/X
When I look at the raw spool file (independent of mutt) I see:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dus-ascii">
<META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version =
6.5.7652.24">
<TITLE>Link to catalogue</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<BR>
<P><A =
HREF=3D"http://odinr.dcb.defence.gov.au/uhtbin/cgisirsi/MhOktEUDHs/DSTOE/=
242330010/60/54/X"><U><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">http://odinr.dcb.defence.gov.au/uhtbin/cgisirsi/MhOktEUDHs=
/DSTOE/242330010/60/54/X</FONT></U></A>
</P>
Would your script deal with this annoying problem (which I still don't
understand). If it would ... I am going to use it permanently :)
-aW
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