On 2 Jan 00 at 18:43, J. J. Young wrote:
>>Dale,
>>
>>A couple of tricks I use with FoxMail are to open the *.box files in
>>Windows Write or Winzip.
>>
>>I receive 250kB mail digests that are too big for FoxMail to display,
>>so I read them by the above methods, by moving the message to its
>>own mailbox, containing no other messages, and which is compressed
>>when a prior message has been deleted.
>>
>>With Write you get all the messages displayed consecutively, whereas
>>Winzip splits 'em into individual textfiles. The *.box file is too large
>>for Notepad.
Pegasus Mail for DOS will properly display each message in a Mime
format digest, but otherwise displays all of the individual messages
as a single file.
>>If dealing with many files I use Alt+Space+X and Alt+Space+C to maximize and
>>close the files.
>>
>>Part of my problem with the mail digest is dealing with HTML format
>>messages, which contributors ARE asked to avoid. It makes the files more
>>tiring to deal with.
I hate that HTML stuff too. I don't think a lot of folks who use
email programs with that option are even aware they are sending them.
>>Arachne's mail had the advantage of functioning links, but the page opening
>>and scrolling were much slower, and I need to cut'n'paste. I use Arachne as
>>a backup and for the odd occasion when I haven't time for Windows etc to get
>>going -- hence I also use a plain background for the Arachne dial page.
Pegasus Mail for Win3.x can be configured to start your browser when
you click on a valid link. I thought I remembered FoxMail having that
option/feature also. Am I getting the two confused? Pegasus Mail for
DOS is my main email program for reading/writing and I use Arachne
for SMTP/POP3 transport. I have also been working some with the
Barebones email system by James Chapman as well as a nice
interface program for Barebones by another Arachne list member, Ron
Clarke.
>>Happy new whatever,
Yeah, whatever. ;) Thanks for the tips, Jake. TTYL.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Funny, I don't remember being absent minded.
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