$Id: ANNOUNCEMENT,v 1.4 1994/08/09 03:43:08 chris Released $ SPLITDIGEST 2.1 --------------- What is it? ----------- Splitdigest undigests a mail folder which may contain one or more digest files concatenated together. The result is that each of digest files are extracted into its own file and placed into a form suitable for reading with a mail user agent (such as with "mail -f" or "elm -f"). Each message in the extracted digests can then be read and replied to individually. Splitdigest can be easily extended to handle a variety of digest files simultaneously simply by modifying its configuration file. No recompilation is required. At present, splitdigest comes preconfigured to handle digests sent by news-digests.mit.edu, the ANNOUNCE, GCC and KERNEL channel digest of linux-activists and the MSDOS-Ann and Garbo-Ann digests. This is a useful program to have if you are on mailing lists that distribute their mail in digest formats. Splitdigest allows you to read and reply to messages in those digests on an individual basis, thus making reading and replying to mail in such digests more pleasant. What's new in 2.1 ----------------- 1. Added option -o which allows you to specify an output directory for the undigested files. 2. Added more digest types to the splitdigest.config file. 3. Minor bug fixes and improvements. Where To Find It (Internet) --------------------------- I have uploaded splitdigest-2.1.tar.gz to sunsite.unc.edu. It is (at the date of this notice) probably in the /pub/Linux/Incoming directory. I suppose that it will be moved to /pub/Linux/system/Mail/readers to replace splitdigest-2.0.tar.gz Where To Find It (Singapore Linux Users' Group - slugnet) --------------------------------------------------------- For those in Singapore with access to slugnet, you can get it from linuxpub's uucppublic directory. You can obtain it by running uucp to retrieve it, such as for example: uucp linuxpub!~/splitdigest-2.1.tar.gz ~/ You may have to escape the '!' and the '~' characters if you are executing the above command in bash, tcsh or cshell. Copyright Policy ---------------- Splitdigest is Copyright (c) 1994 by Christopher Heng. All rights reserved. It is released under the conditions of the GNU General Public License version 2. In addition, you may not remove or alter any of the copyright notices and/or conditions for use and distribution. There is absolutely no warranty for the program, its documentation and its output. See the file COPYING in the distribution for details. How To Reach The Author ----------------------- I can currently be reached at the following internet email address: chris%cyfhsite@csah.com (Christopher Heng, Singapore) LSM entry --------- Begin2 Title = Splitdigest Version = 2.1 Desc1 = Splitdigest undigests a file which contains one or more digests Desc2 = concatenated together. The files generated can be read by using Desc3 = "mail -f" and each message in the digest can be read/replied to Desc4 = as individual messages. Splitdigest can be easily configured to Desc5 = recognise a variety of digest formats without recompilation. Author = Christopher Heng AuthorEmail = chris%cyfhsite@csah.com Maintainer = Christopher Heng MaintEmail = chris%cyfhsite@csah.com Site1 = sunsite.unc.edu Path1 = /pub/Linux/system/Mail/readers File1 = splitdigest-2.1.tar.gz FileSize1 = 25k Required1 = Any Unix or unix-clone. Required2 = The GNU C compiler (version 2.X and above). CopyPolicy1 = GNU General Public License version 2. CopyPolicy2 = You may not remove or alter any of the copyright notices and/or CopyPolicy3 = conditions for use and distribution. Keywords = digest, undigest, mail, mailing list Entered = 07AUG94 EnteredBy = Christopher Heng CheckedEmail = chris%cyfhsite@csah.com End