Questions for PMMail Tech Support

[John Thompson]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:25:21 -0500 (CDT), Hazen Woods wrote:

>>>PMMail for OS/2 was designed, on purpose, to rip html out of email.  I,
>>>for one, want PMMail to continue working that way.  Email should be
>>>plain text, period, except for attachments.

>Until just a few weeks ago I would completely agree with your
>statement.  However, I subscribe to various news reporting services. 
>All of them are now or about to convert to HTML format for their daily
>(or multiple emails per day) reports.  At this point I must refuse this
>service which cost me access to some of the information.  It is a PITA
>to have to open Netscape and run the risk of a crash to get my money's
>worth.  

Might it be possible to create a filter to feed html messages to lynx for
viewing?  This would be much faster than firing up Netscape, although you
would lose the pretty backgrounds and graphics.  


John (john.thompson@attglobal.net)