In another thread it was said:
On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 10:23:22AM +0100, Mathias M. wrote:
... . Pretty much everybody sends out HTML mails.
So just put this in your mailcap:
text/html;w3m -dump %s;nametemplate=%s.html; copiousoutput
and this in your .muttrc:
auto_view text/html
And voila!
I currently read html messages using a macro for F-key 5
macro index,attach <f5> <view-attachments>/html<enter>"|/usr/bin/lynx \
-stdin -dump 2> /dev/null | less \nq" 'read html message'
But I decided to try the auto_view approach. Turned out I already had
a complex entry for lynx in my mailcap so I used it:
text/html; /usr/bin/lynx -width=$COLUMNS -dont_wrap_pre -dump \
-force_html -localhost -assume_charset=%{charset} \
-display-charset=utf-8 %s;nametemplate=%s.html; copiousoutput
Works well with one undesired aspect. lynx enumerates each URL
in the message and creates a "reference list" at the end. Like:
[1]Virginia Auto 976566294
[2]Contact
...
1.
http://click.e.progressive.com/u/?qs=eyJkZWtJZCI6IjU3ODQzM2I1LWM4ZjEtNGE1ZC05NjcxLTEwOGRjNjdiYTJiYiIsImRla1ZlcnNpb24iOjEsIml2IjoibWFsMDFmT2Q=
2.
http://click.e.progressive.com/?qs=eyJkZWtJZCI6Ijc1MjEwOGI2LWE5ODItNGE4Yy1iZWRhLTdhN2Y2YTA3MTQzNCIsImRla1ZlcnNpb24iO=
Using the macro When I move the mouse pointer onto the reference,
the entire multiline URL is selected (underlined) and a middle
button click opens a new page in firefox.
Using the auto_view approach only the first line of a multiline URL
is selected and of course that is incomplete.
I'm guessing this different behavior is due to the less pager used
in the F5 macro. But I would love to hear there is another way of
turning on the multiline selection.
BTW I mostly use Gnome Terminal in a MATE environment but see the
same behavior using other terminal emulators.
Thanks,
Jon
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