Programmable Text Editor?

From: Dana Rawson (absolutezero273c_at_nzoomail.com)
Date: 02/27/04

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    G'Day all,

    I have what I thought was a basic need. But the more I thought about it, and the more I searched, the more I realized it might not be that simple. At least for me.

    What I am looking to do is create a text file, that I can modify fairly easily, that would contain a list of the attachments that I wish to block on our e-mail server.

    Our current e-mail a-v program removes attachments, but only those that have been entered in the 50 character entry field. I can enter more than 50 characters in the field but it makes it impossible to manage.

    Again, being an MS network I don't have the linux/bsd script/programming experience, and have been told by management that I cannot block all attachments.

    My first thought was to compile a list in a text editor through some automation or macro, which could then be converted to a csv file, and then copied into the 50 char. field.

    The problem, for me, turns out to be the automation. How do I make maintaining a list of blockable attachments, like the attachment list for Netsky.C, easy to maintain?

    I would love to learn Perl, but also would like to have this working this month. I have used winbatch in the past, but don't really care for the program as it made for an unstable work environment. I was looking into jedit this morning and saw it had macro capabilites. But, even then, am not sure if this is what I need in the end.

    So I was wondering how others would approach this?

    Am I going about this all wrong or is there some hint of logic in my reasoning?

    Thank you in advance for any responses.

    Dana

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