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From: Tom Stiller on 27 Feb 2010 19:37
In article <doraymeRidThis-603718.11105428022010(a)news.albasani.net>,
dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> In article
> <tom_stiller-3CD863.18455827022010(a)news.individual.net>,
> Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <doraymeRidThis-6A9F5B.10320228022010(a)news.albasani.net>,
> > dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > In article
> > > <tom_stiller-AD89D9.18013827022010(a)news.individual.net>,
> > > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <doraymeRidThis-C9EF0D.08394428022010(a)news.albasani.net>,
> > > > dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > ...
> > > > > Would the following be perfectly ethically acceptable for you:
> > > > >
> > > > > Someone makes an HTML form for a client in response to an email,
> > > > > it needs email addresses both for the php script and the form, it
> > > > > would be handy to be able to simply copy/paste just the actual
> > > > > address from the email.
> > > >
> > > > I suppose it's alright for others; I don't render HTML in my email
> > > > client.
> > >
> > > I meant making an HTML form for a webpage, nothing to do with
> > > email. In email forms and server side scripts, there is a need to
> > > tell the script(s) and the hidden inputs in the form about what
> > > email addresses to send the data to.
> >
> > So why would I be copying an address from a email message to past into
> > this form?
>
> How would I know, this is nothing to do with you or me.
>
> I gave you an example of where it is ethically pure to copy paste
> an email address. I was not talking pasting into a form on a
> webpage, I was talking pasting into text files that get parked on
> servers. These text files are the machinery, as it were, behind
> web forms.

I have no idea what is "ethically pure" about your example but I concede
the remainder of this thread to you.

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From: dorayme on 27 Feb 2010 21:14
In article
<tom_stiller-775625.19372927022010(a)news.individual.net>,
Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have no idea what is "ethically pure" about your example but I concede
> the remainder of this thread to you.

No, since you cannot see that I am giving you a clear case of a
person wanting to copy and paste an email address without this
being the least objectionable thing to do on moral grounds, I do
not accept your offer. I leave this thread to you.

--
dorayme
From: erilar on 1 Mar 2010 15:51
In article <270220100928031606%geo(a)sjgoiuw.com>,
George <geo(a)sjgoiuw.com> wrote:

> I'm using Apple Mail in Snow Leopard. Let's say you get an email from
> someone and want to copy the email address. Apple makes it easy...as
> you hover around the email address, an indicator that a popup menu is
> available appears, and one of the items in the menu is COPY ADDRESS.
>
> BUT..when you copy that address, you are NOT just copying the address,
> but also the bracketed name of the person or organization. So, the
> result of the copy might be...
>
> John Smith <johnsmith(a)acme.com>
>
> I would like the result of the copy to be JUST the "johnsmith(a)acme.com"
> part without the name and the lessthan and greaterthan symbols.
> Possible?

I do it without thinking, so I can't answer 8-)

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