alias stripbg {
if ($left($1,1) == $chr(3)) {
var %num1, %num2
%num1 = $remove($gettok($1-,1,44),$chr(3))
%num2 = $left($gettok($1-,2,44),2)
if ($right(%num2,1) isletter) { %num2 = $left(%num2,1) }
if ((%num1) && (%num2)) {
return $+($chr(3),%num1,$strip($1-))
}
}
}