On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:44:08 -0400 (EDT), theo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I seem to noticed that my old trusty mail viewing programs, such as
> metamail, do not respond kindly to those mail messages that are part
> plain text and part html (usualy an html version of the same text).
> Since the multi-part header lines do not separate parts that are MIME
> encoded, since there is no encoding to do, before sending the part to
> a viewer- programs like metamail do not simply make the html part into
> a tmp file and send it to the appropriate viewer (e.g., arachen).
> Are there some more recent programs like metamail that DO know how to
> respond to those dasterdly html versions of plain text?
For those who are interested, the email program that comes with Arachne
does know how to deal with those dastardly html versions of plain text.
Question:
Why would you or anybody else even be interested in viewing those
dastardly html versions of plain text?
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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