Getting rid of these

[Mindy & Jim]

We often get email forwards from friends. Some of these forwards we would like to send to others, but so many of the forwards we get are infested with these ">", ">>",">>>", etc. and I just refuse to forward something in that kind of shape to others. So often some neat "stuff" never gets passed on by us.

Jim says he seems to recall reading about a shareware program that would take all of these characters out of a piece of email. I have looked on Tucows and other shareware sites, but haven't found the program Jim is talking about. One of the problems, of course, is how does one do a "search" for such a thing?

Does anyone know of a program that can get rid of these >>>'s ?

...thanks guys... MINDY

 

[TonyG]

First let me say welcome to Lit.

You might want to post this question on the 'How To' board to get a better and quicker response.

 

[Todd]

http://www.softseek.com/Internet/E_Mail/E_Mail_Tools/Review_31551_index.html

there you go and its freeware

 

[Weird Harold]

Getting rid of extra characters

Does anyone know of a program that can get rid of these >>>'s ?

Almost any word processer.

Cut the text from your message program.
Paste it into Word (or any other progam with a search and replace function)
Search for >, Replace with <nothing>, select "replace all."

Optional: Do any other editing and reformatting required.

Cut from the Word Processer.
Paste into a new message.

Voila!

 

[Todd]

Thats what I used to do Weird Harold, but this program copy paste click a button copy paste it is a sweet program

 

[Mindy & Jim]

Tony- Tnks for the welcome. You're right, I probably posted this in the wrong forum. Fortunately, Todd came through anyway.

Todd- Ha... this sounds like the very program ol' Jim-boy had me looking for. Won't he be impressed that I found it all my myself...er, umm, well I sort of found it by myself!
Thanks bunches!!

Wierd Harold- Hummm, did you escape from one of Bill Cosby's monologues? Seriously, your solution will undoubtably work, but I think the freeware program Todd pointed me to will do the same thing a little more easily.

Thanks again guys... MINDY

 

[TonyG]

Your welcome Mindy and please feel free to get naked and describe yourself to us.

 

[Todd]

your very welcome there is a share ware program but it sucks, and there is a paid version of a similar program but who wants to pay when you can do it for free?

 

[Weird Harold]

Wierd Harold- Hummm, did you escape from one of Bill Cosby's monologues?

No, I'm shorter, fatter, and paler than Bill's best friend. I've never had bubble gum stuck to my head to get the football out of the sewers.

Bill Cosby was the inspiration for the guy who first tagged me with the nickname though, so I guess you're close.

Seriously, your solution will undoubtably work, but I think the freeware program Todd pointed me to will do the same thing a little more easily.

My method is more versatile and has an undo function if you need to replace them with spaces or adjust the paragraph returns. Global search and replace is probably the most useful feature of word processers. (Aside from being able to correct your spelling before anyone sees it.)

 

[Bonnie Wee Lassie]

OMG I tought I was the only one that thought that way. I delete them all before I forward the mail. It drives me nuts.

 

[Mindy & Jim]

Your welcome Mindy and please feel free to get naked and describe yourself to us.

Mindy here...

Humm... Well, I don't mind so much getting "necked" (guess what part of the country we live in...), but I think I'll let Jim give you his perspective on my appearance. I honestly have never tried to describe myself in print and I'm just a tad too inhibited to let Jim plaster a picture of me across the internet even if he asked my permission to do so.

He's trying to finish a story (with a small amount of help from the talented person in this family <insert wink here> )that will probably give you some idea of what I look like. It's a true story about us that happened recently.

It shouldn't be long before he has it finished. If you like, I'll give you a "head's-up" when he gets it posted. I should warn you though that this will be a first for Jim or me. We have enjoyed sharing pornography since before we got married, but we have only just begun to try our collective hand(s) at writing.

...Mindy

 

[TonyG]

Mindy

Just let me know when, and if you're going to stay at this site you will lose some of your inhibition