MailWash uses the built-in capabilities of your web browser to make a working application that sits in
a small (less than 4KB) web page that you can save to your computer.
Use MailWash to quickly remove unsightly >'s, like in this email:
> > > > > THE SMELL OF RAIN
> > > > >
> > > > > A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the
> > > > Doctor
> > > > > walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. Still
>groggy
> > from
> > > > > surgery, her husband David held her hand as they braced themselves
> > > > > for the latest news.
> > > > >
and get clean text like this:
THE SMELL OF RAIN
A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the Doctor
walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. Still groggy from
surgery, her husband David held her hand as they braced themselves for the
latest news.
MailWash can also be used to quickly remove forced line breaks from text copied from web pages or previously
sent email messages.
Requirements:
Your browser needs to be Netscape or Internet Explorer 4 or higher, or an equivalent, and you
must have JavaScript enabled.
You need to know how to select text and copy & paste.
Download or view: (Remember, it's just a web page that you can save to your computer.)
Optional Files - right-click to save these files: (I don't think the ICO file can be used as-is by the
Macintosh.)
favicon.ico (318 bytes) Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher users
may want to save this file.
mailwash32.ico (766 bytes) A Windows icon suitable for the
desktop.
mailwash.url (129 bytes) A sample Windows shortcut that uses
the mailwash32.ico icon. Read how easy it is to use the mailwash.url and mailwash32.ico
files.
How to use:
Copy the text from an email message and paste the text into the top box in MailWash.
Press the button corresponding to the wash cycle you want. The clean text appears in the bottom
box.
Press the mail it button and paste the clean text into the body of the email.
Netscape 4.X users will have the clean text automatically inserted into the body of the email.
Internet Explorer (Windows) users will have the clean text on the clipboard - just paste into
the body of the email.
Netscape 6.X and IE (Mac) users must copy the text from the bottom box in MailWash before pasting
into the body of the email.
If you are using web-based email, such as Hotmail or Yahoo, do not press the mail it
button. Internet Explorer (Windows) will have the clean text on the clipboard, all others will have to copy the
text out of the bottom box.
That's it! To clean another email message, press reset to clear both boxes in MailWash.
Tips:
To make MailWash more accessible, try one or more of the following suggestions:
Save MailWash to your computer and create a shortcut to it on your desktop, taskbar or start
menu.
Save MailWash to your computer and make its location a bookmark or favorite in your browser.
Email MailWash to yourself as an attachment. Create a new folder 'MailWash' in your email program
and move the email to it.
Some email messages are part story, part list. To wash these messages, take the following easy steps:
Copy and paste the message into the top box of MailWash.
Select either the regular or deluxe cycle.
Copy from the bottom box either the story or list part of the message, depending on the cycle
selected, and paste it into a new message.
Now press the other cycle button (no need to re-paste the original message).
Copy from the bottom box the other part of the message and paste it into your new message.
You can easily adjust the size of the text boxes by opening mailwash.html with any text editor
and changing the number of columns and rows. Just find and edit these two tags: <textarea name="boxold" cols="80" rows="10"> <textarea name="boxnew" cols="80" rows="10">
Keyboard Shortcuts: (For Macintosh, use the Command key (the one with the apple) instead of Ctrl key)
Function
Press both keys
Select All
Ctrl + A
Copy
Ctrl + C
Cut
Ctrl + X
Paste
Ctrl + V
Send your family
and friends a link to this page so they wash their mail before sending it to you.
Troubleshooting:
MailWash should work "out of the box." If you are experiencing troubles, make sure the following
apply:
You must use Netscape 4 or Internet Explorer 4, or a more recent version, or an equivalent.
You must have JavaScript enabled on your browser (Note: JavaScript is usually already enabled):