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Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages?

From "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages?
Date 2026-02-14 10:23 +0100
Message-ID <mvat7vFe750U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <10mnlu3$2gf7t$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <10monpu$2n217$2@dont-email.me>

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On 2026-02-14 03:48, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2026/2/13 17:10:27, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>
>> Is there an easy way to copy the text in subjects of multiple messages?
>>
>> I meant without writing a script myself to fetch them via the Sent
>> folder's mbox file... :)
>>
> I'm curious why you want to, and also not _sure_ what you mean.
> 
> If you mean copy lots of subjects, but only the subjects, as shown in
> the top right pane, I don't know an _easy_ way; if I wanted to, I'd do a
> screen capture, dump into IrfanView (other image handlers are
> available), crop to the relevant bit, and press F9.

Using alpine in Linux I can do it, just tried with email.
Each line includes date, sender, receiver, subject, so you need to 
remove those with an editor that can remove columns like jstar.

There is a version of alpine for Windows, but I don't know if select 
text works the same.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-14 01:10 +0800
  Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-13 16:10 -0500
    Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-14 19:03 +0800
      Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-14 19:11 +0800
        Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-14 19:28 +0800
  Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-02-14 02:48 +0000
    Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-14 10:23 +0100
    Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-14 17:38 +0800
      Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-02-14 15:13 +0000
        Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-14 10:49 -0500
          Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-02-14 18:08 +0000
            Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-14 13:44 -0500
              Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-15 00:55 +0100
              Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 13:10 +0800
                Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-02-16 08:22 +0000
                Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 17:58 +0800
                Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-16 05:08 -0500
                Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 18:38 +0800
                Re: Copying the text in subject of multiple messages? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-02-16 15:06 +0000

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