Hi Maverick,

> I am looking for a tool, which helps me in choosing the standard 
> or advanced feature while composing the mail.For E.g.. In yahoo, 
> you can use text in normal feature, if we need to use HTML, then 
> we choose HTML. Just like this, I want to use in my email module, 
> where sender can choose the style of sending, It can be in Text or 
> HTML.

For this, you just need something like:

<form>
  I want to send e-mail in
  <input type="radio" name="format" id="format-text" value="text">
  <label for="format-text">plain text format</label>
  <br>
  <input type="radio" name="format" id="format-html" value="html">
  <label for="format-html">HTML format</label>
</form>

Then, in whatever code sends the email, use the "format" variable to decide
which Content-Type headers to attach (if you use PHP I have some code for
this that you're welcome to).

Don't forget that if your user selects HTML mail, you should send a
multipart-alternative message with a plain text section as well, for those
who can't/won't read the HTML.

> If he chooses HTML, he should be able to define font size, color and font.

If you just want one selection for the whole email, this is easy to achieve
- set up a load of combo boxes (or whatever) that hold the options, and
parse them in your mail-sending code.

If you want to offer a full HTML editor, similar to the one you get on
Hotmail (I don't know about Yahoo, but I imagine it's the same sort of
thing), that makes it considerably harder. If it's an IE-only project, you
should be able to grab an ActiveX control from Microsoft for doing this, but
if it's for a public-facing website you may want to rethink your plans...

Cheers
Jon



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