[Tutor] Re: Simple

[Abel Daniel]

G Kiran <goki75 at vsnl.net> writes:

> Is it possible for these mailing list digests to stick to a format..
> this is a request 'coz i parse these mail messages to keep as a
> ref guide.
> yes i can write a generalised one with re and python/perl
> but guess i cud keep it simple...
>
> -kiran
Sorry, but I have to ask:
Why are you parsing the digest in the first place? wouldn't handling the
non-digest style be easier? Those have on post in each mail, so you could
even use the mail-handling libs in the python standard library. What extra
do you get by parsing the digest?

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Abel Daniel