[MlMt] forwarding HTML emails

[Tracy Valleau]

Again, my thanks, Robert. That was indeed the issue. All resolved now.

Tracy
www.valleau.art




On 18 Jan 2018, at 9:27, Tracy Valleau wrote:

> Thanks, Robert. Yours is a very good suggestion, and I'll check my 
> configs soon!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Tracy
> www.valleau.art
>
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>>    1. Re: forwarding HTML emails (Robert Brenstein)
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>> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:25:14 +0100
>> From: "Robert Brenstein" <mailmate at learning-insights.eu>
>> To: "MailMate Users" <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
>> Subject: Re: [MlMt] forwarding HTML emails
>> Message-ID:
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>> I have been using MM for one year only but I haven’t seen any real
>> issues with forwarding HTML mails. If I forward the whole mail, and I 
>> do
>> it almost daily, it seem to be quoted intact. I can see that using 
>> the
>> preview in composer (composer itself displays only the text).
>> Occasionally, a forwarded email will become an attachment but I 
>> suspect
>> that has to do with how that email was formatted or rather embedded 
>> on
>> the way to me. If I select a subset of HTML-formatted email to 
>> forward,
>> MM strips the original HTML code and replaces with simple color-coded
>> quoting layers. It is not always optimal but I understand that it is
>> virtually impossible to correctly carry on a subset of an
>> HTML/CSS-formatted email, considering how widely different and not
>> always correct those are set up. I can turn on markdown mode and bold 
>> or
>> italic some texts as needed.
>>
>> Since you are such a long-time user, I wonder whether you do not have
>> some settings set that affect the way your instance of MM operates. 
>> May
>> be you should carefully review your config file (I use Prefs Editor 
>> app
>> for easy viewing).
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> On 17 Jan 2018, at 21:21, Tracy Valleau wrote:
>>
>>>> This is fundamentally problematic because "just forward them" does
>>>> not
>>>>  have a well-defined technical meaning other than embedding the 
>>>> full
>>>>  original message as an attachment.
>>>
>>> I was simplifying to express my request clearly.
>>>
>>> HTML email is a few headers and HTML content. It is not any more
>>> complex than a web page, basically.
>>>
>>> The issue is that when forwarding, MM strips out all the HTML code.
>>> Try viewing the source of an HTML email and you'll see what I mean.
>>>
>>> My point is that the original source is IN the email, else I'd not 
>>> see
>>> it all prettified, eh? So it's there.
>>>
>>> Why not "just" forward ALL that original source? The head, the 
>>> tables,
>>> the divs, the body... That way the recipient would see what I see.
>>>
>>> I can understand not doing it for "political" reasons ("all email
>>> should be text"). What I don't understand is why it isn't an option.
>>> Mail can do it; Outlook can do it; Thunderbird can do it; PostBox 
>>> can
>>> do it... 
>>>
>>> As a programmer with over 40 years of experience, I -can- understand
>>> boxing one's self in to a point at which integrating the capability 
>>> is
>>> a huge amount of work. That would be a legitimate reason for not
>>> offering it (albeit unfortunate.)
>>>
>>> But from a USER perspective, not being able to "just forward" HTML
>>> email is odd, and from a recipient's standpoint... well in my 4
>>> decades, I've -never- received an email that said "to see the html
>>> version, click on the attachment."
>>>
>>> Best wishes, 
>>>
>>> Tracy
>>> www.valleau.art
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>> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:33:36 -0500
>> From: "Verdon Vaillancourt" <verdonv at gmail.com>
>> To: "MailMate Users" <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
>> Subject: Re: [MlMt] forwarding HTML emails
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>> Thanks for that tip!
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>> On 18 Jan 2018, at 9:25, Robert Brenstein wrote:
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>>> (I use Prefs Editor app for easy viewing).
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