[Users] Rewrite URLs in message obfuscated by Outlook's safelinks stuff

[George Avrunin]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:22:33 +0100
"H.Merijn Brand" <linux at tux.freedom.nl> wrote:

> I wholeheartedly agree to everything you complain about this insane
> "security" feature!
> 
> My rm_disclaim.pl (perl) script revoves that junk with
> 
> --8<---
> use URL::Encode::XS qw( url_encode url_decode );
> 
> # And useless, irritating and obfuscating wrapping of URL's
> s{\bhttps://[\w.]+\.safelinks\.protection\.outlook\.com/\?url=(.*?)(?:&|&)data=\S+?(?:&|&)reserved=\d+\b}
>   {url_decode ($1)}ge;
> -->8---  
> 
> as part of a bigger cleanup, where company logo's, useless HTML
> attachments, disclaimers and print warnngs are removed and telephone
> numbers are consistemtly formatted.
> 
> Feel free to steal that snippet when you choose to use perl.

Thanks!  I haven't done any perl programming since the late 1990s, I
think, but ... 😉

May I ask how your rm_disclaim.pl script is applied?  Do you do this in
claws-mail, e.g., through an action or something, or is it part of the
process of receiving mail, or what?

  George