NEWS FLASH!

[Kris Sorem Sr]

Hmmmmmm. I thought you guys were debating hardcoding PMMail to read HTML.
Isaac stated that PMMail could not start his car (within the argument of
hardcoding) either and it was not appropriate for it to do so. You counter
that some hardware, a Rexx program and filtering could accomplish it. Well
within that reasoning, PMMail can now read HTML email. Filter the HTML
email and a Rexx program to start your browser with the message. Tada,
HTML capability with /no/ added hardware. I really don't think this was
your intended argument.

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 14:32:58 -0400 (EDT), Ralph Cohen wrote:

>Funny, I thought that the logic of being able to read HTML email in an
>email client was just that -- logical.  Not being able to remotely
>start you car with PMMail, however is simply a matter of your
>inadequacy to the task.  Certainly the hardware and software are out
>there for you to accomplish it easily.  All you'd need would be a
>remote starting switch available from many automotive catalogs, and an
>X-10 type receiver setup to work on 12V.  Then, you write a filter for
>PMMail which, when it sees the message "Start the car", would trigger a
>REXX program to tell an X-10 transmitter to send a signal to the
>receiver in your car that would start the engine.  Really quite simple,
>when you think about it. <g>
>
>Of course, if PMMail lacked the complex filtering functionality that it
>has, then the task might indeed be impossible.  Not everyone needs
>PMMail to start their car, and not everyone needs PMMail to be able to
>read HTML email, but the program is made more functional by being able
>to do either one. 
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JMO, 
/s/~Kris
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