The Script-O Geriatric Wrote:
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> friskydingo Wrote:
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> > Chuck, middle aged unemployed men don't count
> as
> > "kids" mate.
>
> Point taken.
>
> And the file is full of read message URLs that
> look like this:
>
>
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/72
> 9018/729068.html#msg-729068
>
> To convert them to edit URLs, I have to
> transmogrify them to look like this:
>
>
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/posting.ph
> p?40,edit,729068
>
> (If you click on the second URL, it will show you
> the edit page for that message, but warn you that
> you're not allowed to edit it. You have to be
> signed on using the real Mr. Misery account.)
>
> Once I have that file, it's a breeze to write a
> script that will call up each URL in a Web
> browser, erase the text of the message and replace
> it with something else, then click the "Save
> Changes" button.
Interesting. I'm gonna remember this if I ever have to cut and run.
Thanks chuck