[Alpine-info] Question on viewing HTML mail

[David Forrest]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Matt Ackeret wrote:


> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Dan Grossman wrote:

>> However, on another one of my boxes (running RHEL3) I have _never_ been able to

>> view HTML messages in-window.  The default behavior on the RHEL3 box appears to

>> be to save the HTML message in a /tmp file and then tell my web browser to load

>> that page.

>>

>> Can anyone point me to the config I need to adjust to get Al/Pine to render

>> HTML messages itself?

>

> (HTML email is evil...)

>

> Are you sure you don't just have this pref set:

>      [X]  Prefer Plain Text

>

> Also, you can use A to toggle between viewing the plain text and evil HTML/rich

> part while viewing a message.

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Matt;  I am very happy you brought that "A" command to my attention! I 
switched to pine from Postroad Mailer when OS2 slowed to a stop in the 
late nineties and have been using the viewer (mailcap vectored to firefox) 
which meant I had to switch to a different window to see it.  I did this 
as the viewer returned immediately and the HTML stayed open (preference 
for new tab) for viewing as convenient.  Now, using the "A", I can get a 
lynx-like view much more quickly and view it with firefox only if I really 
need all the images, mostly not.  Funny how one can use a program for 
years and not know the options. Guess I'm getting too old.

Thanks again for your posting (-- and all the others, mostly useful, you 
post)

Dave


David Forrest                     e-mail   drf at maplepark.com
Maple Park Development Corporation  http://www.maplepark.com
St. Louis, Missouri