New feature -- antiword support

[Scott Silva]

on 7-2-2008 10:17 AM Julian Field spake the following:
> Hi folks!
> 
> I felt a bit bored at home this afternoon, supposedly having a day off...
> 
> So I added support for the "antiword" program.
> Basically what MailScanner can now do is find *.doc files attached to 
> your email messages, convert them to plain text (with a bit of 
> *highlighting* like that) and add the text as new attachments to the 
> messages.
> This means that when someone mails you a simple Word doc, you don't have 
> to save the attachment, possibly switch OS and computer, and crank up 
> Word just to read a few lines of text.
> 
> The "ChangeLog" tells you how to use it. Basically install antiword from
> http://www.winfield.demon.nl/
> (or from RPM or SRPMS at http://www.volny.cz/zellerin/rpmmenu.html)
> then set "Add Text Of Doc = yes" to your MailScanner.conf (having run 
> upgrade_MailScanner_conf of course!).
> 
> And you're away.
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Jules
> 
I can't imagine what you might add if you had a week off!

-- 
MailScanner is like deodorant...
You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!

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