Programmable Text Editor?

[Dana Rawson <absolutezero273c () nzoomail com>]

G'Day all,

I have what I thought was a basic need. But the more I thought about it, and the more I searched, the more I realized 
it might not be that simple.  At least for me.

What I am looking to do is create a text file, that I can modify fairly easily, that would contain a list of the 
attachments that I wish to block on our e-mail server.  

Our current e-mail a-v program removes attachments, but only those that have been entered in the 50 character entry 
field.  I can enter more than 50 characters in the field but it makes it impossible to manage.

Again, being an MS network I don't have the linux/bsd script/programming experience, and have been told by management 
that I cannot block all attachments. 

My first thought was to compile a list in a text editor through some automation or macro, which could then be converted 
to a csv file, and then copied into the 50 char. field.

The problem, for me, turns out to be the automation.  How do I make maintaining a list of blockable attachments, like 
the attachment list for Netsky.C, easy to maintain?

I would love to learn Perl, but also would like to have this working this month.  I have used winbatch in the past, but 
don't really care for the program as it made for an unstable work environment.  I was looking into jedit this morning 
and saw it had macro capabilites.  But, even then, am not sure if this is what I need in the end.

So I was wondering how others would approach this?

Am I going about this all wrong or is there some hint of logic in my reasoning?  

Thank you in advance for any responses.

Dana

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