Jochen Striepe wrote: >>> message run through a filter before it's displayed. If you use such a >>> program >>> we'd be interested if you could send in your setup. >> >> (Did anybody ever do this?) > > Yes, we got setups for Heirloom mailx and metamail from users ... > >> | It offers hints on how to apply it within Mutt, slrn, or INN 2. > > ... for which example configurations are provided in the package. The > DESCRIPTION part of the man page points at those, perhaps the package > description should be updated accordingly.
Here's a revised version of the patch (including enhanced Enhances). -- JBR Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
diff -ru t-prot-2.101.pristine/debian/control t-prot-2.101/debian/control --- t-prot-2.101.pristine/debian/control 2012-07-18 10:43:30.000000000 +0100 +++ t-prot-2.101/debian/control 2012-07-18 11:04:23.527715163 +0100 @@ -13,20 +13,18 @@ Architecture: all Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl (>= 5.6.0-16), liblocale-gettext-perl Recommends: mutt (>= 1.5.5.1) -Enhances: mutt, slrn, inn2 +Enhances: heirloom-mailx, inn2, mailcap, mutt, slrn Suggests: mail-transport-agent -Description: display filter for RFC822 messages - This program is a filter which shall improve the readability of messages - (email and posts) by *hiding* some annoying parts, e.g. mailing list footers, - signatures and TOFU as well as squeezing sequences of blank lines or - punctuation. +Description: display filter for Internet messages + This program provides "TOFU-Protection" to improve the readability of + email and newsposts. TOFU is a German acronym for "Text oben, Fullquote + unten", meaning the regrettably widespread reply style that leaves all + the quotes untrimmed and just adds some text at the top. This script + filters annoying mailing list footers, long signatures, and TOFU, as + well as squeezing sequences of blank lines, exclamation marks, etc. . - TOFU is an acronym that stands for "Text oben, Fullquote unten" (German - language) which means the style of sadly so many people that just leave all - the quotes in a reply and add some own lines above. This acronym is what gave - the script its name - TOFU Protection. - . - It currently offers hints how to include it within mutt, slrn or inn2. It - should be possible to do similars with other programs that allow to have a - message run through a filter before it's displayed. If you use such a program - we'd be interested if you could send in your setup. + It currently offers example configurations for applying t-prot within + heirloom-mailx, INN 2, mailcap, Mutt, or slrn. It should be possible to + do likewise with other programs that allow a message to be passed + through a filter before being displayed. If you use such a program we'd + be interested if you could send in your setup.
