[MlMt] External Editor To Compose Messages?

[Harvey Leff]

 From a non-programmer. Can someone explain just what using an external 
editor accomplishes with MailMate, and why it is preferable for some of 
you?

I myself would like to have a simple way to enter Markdown commands for 
boldface & italics. I now use Typinator as a partial solution, but can a 
text editor do this for me? Thanks.

Harvey S. Leff
Portland, OR  USA