Re: mail messages with only html
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 02:18:08PM -0700, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net> writes:
>
> >> I fail to see why you couldn't write a filter (using maildrop or
> >> procmail) to pipe the message through w3m -dump (or links -dump) before
> >> storing the message.
> >
> > Thanks John. That seems to be the definitively best way to go. I just
> > have to work out how to reliably identify or flag the offending messages for
> > treatment.
>
> All html mail should have content type set to text/html
>
> >> Also, IMAP won't care if you change the message. You just upload the
> >> message as a new message. I do it all the time with I add labels etc.
> >
> > It will be better if I leave the headers alone, so that threading
> > doesn't get broken.
>
> Well, I was talking about created a brand new message. When I add
> labels etc, I add header lines, but the message itself is like the
> original. But as far as IMAP is concerned, I deleted the old message
> and uploaded a new message. As long the In-Reply-To header is still
> there, the threading shouldn't be broken
Ok, I suppose that is obvious, but I have never tinkered with mail
before. Thanks for the help.
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richard
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