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Subject:Re: Tips for saving selected digest entries? From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Wed, 14 May 1997 09:56:33 +0800
<cbutcher -at- EXECPC -dot- COM> said:
> A few weeks back, someone posted an excellent tip for using Find and
> Replace for reading the digest. Are there any tips for good ways to
> save selected items from a digest?
My mailer, exmh, has a 'Burst digest' option that splits the digest into
its component messages. Save the ones you want and bulk delete the rest.
Check your mailer's manual or Help to see if it has something similar.
Regards
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Stuart Burnfield What the critics said about Stuart Burnfield:
(slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au) ". . . Bad to the bone"
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