[MlMt] Notes on latest test release and Gmail OAuth application verification

[Dave C]

But what about those legitimate mails in which we want to see the images?

Dave

> On May 2, 2019, at 10:06 AM, Michael Nietzold <lists.freron.com at nietzold.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe you can strip out the images links via text/replace before you put the HTML into the WKWebView?
> 
> Von meinem iDingens gesendet...
> 
>> Am 02.05.2019 um 15:23 schrieb Benny Kjær Nielsen <mailinglist at freron.com>:
>> 
>> On 2 May 2019, at 15:01, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>> 
>> On 2 May 2019, at 5:19, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
>> 
>> I don't like the idea of disabling image blocking, but the changes needed for WKWebView might be too much of a hassle to keep the WebView solution for earlier macOS releases. In that case, disabling image blocking for earlier releases might be a solution. Alternatively, I can possibly still block things using different methods.
>> 
>> Being able to block images by default is an absolute requirement for me and I suspect for others.
>> 
>> Of course. My answer was in response to the fact that I might have to require 10.13+ to support image blocking using WKWebView. WKWebView works with older macOS releases, but this is without an API to do image blocking. That leaves me with various options:
>> 
>> Make MailMate macOS 10.13+ only.
>> Find a different way to do image blocking on older macOS releases while still using WKWebView. This means MailMate becomes 10.10+ only.
>> Maintain the old message view solution for older macOS versions.
>> Not do image blocking on older macOS versions.
>> I would prefer the second solution.
>> 
>> But there are other people who share my concerns who do run older releases, often because their hardware is too old for Mojave.
>> 
>> Yes, but in any case, they also have the option of running an older version of MailMate. They won't get updates to MailMate, but they are also not getting updates to macOS.
>> 
>> But let's see what happens. I still have many unresolved issues with WKWebView. Maybe I cannot make it work at all :)
>> 
>> -- 
>> Benny
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