[PLUG] mutt (or other text mail reader), html, and w3m

Kenneth B. Hill ken at scottshill.com
Wed Jun 20 05:56:17 UTC 2007


Most current email clients will give the user a choice of receiving  
email as HTML or plain text. I also prefer plain text email. I use  
Evolution for email and have it set to send/receive email as plain text.

-Ken

On Jun 19, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:

>
> OK, I am one of those ancient fossils who hates html email, which is
> the spawn of Satan and his evil minions.   It is distracting, a path
> for viruses to attack fragile html viewers, incompatable with some
> ssh tunnels, and included files like graphics break privacy when they
> are uploaded.
>
> In order to read html email with fewer risks, I use w3m, which is
> included in my distro (Scientific Linux 5).  w3m presents the html
> as formatted ascii text.  It can be made to download graphics and
> other inclusions, but I leave that nonsense turned off.
>
> I had forgotten how to configure it when I upgraded my mail server
> from Redhat-Prehistoric to SL5.  For those of you who have also
> forgotten, you edit /etc/mailcap:
>
> ### text/html; /usr/bin/htmlview %s ; copiousoutput
> text/html; /usr/bin/w3m -T text/html %s ; copiousoutput
>
> Now html email shows up as text in your text email browser (I use
> mutt, but this probably also works in elm and pine).
>
> Keith
>
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