From: Jens Kloecker <kloecker@springer.de>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Replacing "AW:" with "Re:"
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:39:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x51zbznnsl.fsf@ET010.pip.springer.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Jochen Lillich's message of "Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:36:02 +0200"
>>>>> "jl" == Jochen Lillich <jochen@dynamis.de> writes:
jl> Hi!
jl> The Gnus manual says in "Washing Mail":
jl> Case in point: The German version of Microsoft
jl> Exchange adds `AW: ' to the subjects of replies
jl> instead of `Re: '. I could pretend to be shocked and
jl> dismayed by this, but I haven't got the energy. It is
jl> to laugh.
jl> But it doesn't say how to actually do something about
jl> that. Now, how do I replace this annoying "AW:" by "Re:"?
I use
(defun jk-change-outlook-headers ()
"Change AW: to Re:
in mails produced by the German version of Microsoft Exchange."
(goto-char (point-min))
(if (re-search-forward "^X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service" nil t)
(progn
(goto-char (point-min))
(if (re-search-forward "^\\(Subject: \\)AW:" nil t)
(replace-match "\\1Re:" t)))))
(add-hook 'nnmail-prepare-incoming-header-hook 'jk-change-outlook-headers)
--
Jens Kloecker
Electronic Technologies, Springer-Verlag
email: kloecker@springer.de
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-09-16 10:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-09-16 9:36 Jochen Lillich
1999-09-16 10:39 ` Jens Kloecker [this message]
1999-09-16 11:03 ` Steinar Bang
1999-09-16 18:30 ` Robert Bihlmeyer
1999-09-16 19:40 ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
1999-09-17 7:37 ` Steinar Bang
1999-09-18 9:51 ` Lars Balker Rasmussen
1999-09-20 13:26 ` Jan Rychter
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