Put dirty mail in this box. Text with extra line breaks and/or > marks created by emailing.
Cleaned text appears in this box. Copy and paste this text into your application. (Internet Explorer users will find this text is automatically copied to the clipboard, ready for you to paste into your application).
Keep pressing until clean. Removes one set of >'s and spaces. Ideal for indented paragraphs.
Removes all leading >'s and blank spaces from each line. Ideal for lists and poems.
Same as regular, but also makes paragraphs flow. Ideal for stories.
 This will clear both boxes.


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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, 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.

to 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.

 

Requirements:

How to use:

  1. Copy the text from an email message and paste the text into the top box in MailWash.
  2. Press the button corresponding to the wash cycle you want. The clean text appears in the bottom box.
  3. If you are using Internet Explorer, the clean text should have been automatically copied into the clipboard, ready for you to paste into your application. You can copy any part of the cleaned text from the bottom box, if you need to.
  4. That's it! To clean another email message, press reset to clear both boxes in MailWash.

Tips:

  1. Some email messages are part story, part list. To wash these messages, take the following easy steps:
    1. Copy and paste the message into the top box of MailWash.
    2. Select either the regular or deluxe cycle.
    3. 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.
    4. Now press the other cycle button (no need to re-paste the original message).
    5. Copy from the bottom box the other part of the message and paste it into your new message.
  2. 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

 

Troubleshooting:

  1. You must use Netscape 4 or Internet Explorer 4, or a more recent version, or an equivalent.
  2. You must have JavaScript enabled on your browser (Note: JavaScript is usually already enabled):

    Browser

    Choose the following menu options

    Netscape 4:

    		 Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Enable JavaScript

    Netscape 6:

    		 Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Enable JavaScript for Navigator

    Netscape 7:

    		 Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Scripts & Plugins -> Enable JavaScript for Navigator

    IE 4:

    		 View -> Internet Options -> Security -> Custom (for expert users) -> Settings (button) -> Scripting ->Active Scripting -> Enable

    IE 5 & 6:

    		 Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> Custom Level -> Scripting -> Active Scripting -> Enable