Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails???

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2000


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texte = Thanks, Sam...this looks like what I need to get started...-- Will Starck Product and Technical Support NovaDerm.com http://www.novaderm.com techs@novaderm.com Toll free support line: 800-378-1740---------- >From: Sam Lewis >To: (WebCatalog Talk) >Subject: Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? >Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2000, 11:52 AM >>>Thanks guys, but that's not exactly what I want... ;) >> >>I already know that the emails are invalid, because they've bounced back to >>me ;) >> >>What I want is a suggestion for reading individual returned emails in a >>folder on my hard drive, and extracting from these emails the email address >>that they've been bounced back from. That way I can use these to delete the >>corresponding records from my mailing list database file. > > > Not a WebDNA solution but if you are on a Mac then take a look at > Apple Data Detectors. This is a fantastic and yet under publicized > technology from Apple. Basically you can customize Apple's > summarization capabilities to search for any pattern in any file. > > They have already created a setup to extract all email addresses from > any text. This is driven with applescript so I have to think that it > would be possible to create a script that would scan text files and > extract email addresses that can then be fed to your database or > stripped from your database as you need. > > Check out: > > http://www.apple.com/applescript/data_detectors/ > > Hope that helps, > > > Sam Lewis, V.P. Technology > > Tehabi Books http://www.tehabi.com/ > 1201 Camino Del Mar, Suite 100, Del Mar, CA 92014 > Tel: 626-852-0956 Fax: 916-404-5698 mailto:Sam@tehabi.com > > Get FREE Electronic Postcards at http://www.tehabi.com/postcards/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. > To end your Mail problems go to . > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Therio, Dale 2000)
  2. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Will Starck 2000)
  3. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Sam Lewis 2000)
  4. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Brad Eisenberg 2000)
  5. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Will Starck 2000)
  6. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  7. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (The Mooseman 2000)
  8. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Will Starck 2000)
  9. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (John Butler 2000)
  10. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Bob Minor 2000)
  11. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (John Butler 2000)
  12. Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Brad Eisenberg 2000)
  13. Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? (Will Starck 2000)
Thanks, Sam...this looks like what I need to get started...-- Will Starck Product and Technical Support NovaDerm.com http://www.novaderm.com techs@novaderm.com Toll free support line: 800-378-1740---------- >From: Sam Lewis >To: (WebCatalog Talk) >Subject: Re: Harvesting invalid email addresses from bounced emails??? >Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2000, 11:52 AM >>>Thanks guys, but that's not exactly what I want... ;) >> >>I already know that the emails are invalid, because they've bounced back to >>me ;) >> >>What I want is a suggestion for reading individual returned emails in a >>folder on my hard drive, and extracting from these emails the email address >>that they've been bounced back from. That way I can use these to delete the >>corresponding records from my mailing list database file. > > > Not a WebDNA solution but if you are on a Mac then take a look at > Apple Data Detectors. This is a fantastic and yet under publicized > technology from Apple. Basically you can customize Apple's > summarization capabilities to search for any pattern in any file. > > They have already created a setup to extract all email addresses from > any text. This is driven with applescript so I have to think that it > would be possible to create a script that would scan text files and > extract email addresses that can then be fed to your database or > stripped from your database as you need. > > Check out: > > http://www.apple.com/applescript/data_detectors/ > > Hope that helps, > > > Sam Lewis, V.P. Technology > > Tehabi Books http://www.tehabi.com/ > 1201 Camino Del Mar, Suite 100, Del Mar, CA 92014 > Tel: 626-852-0956 Fax: 916-404-5698 mailto:Sam@tehabi.com > > Get FREE Electronic Postcards at http://www.tehabi.com/postcards/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. > To end your Mail problems go to . > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > ------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Will Starck

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