[pmmail-list] Displaying HTML Messages

Mike Kilroy pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:34:50 -0500


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THANK YOU!!  

works great!!


On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:10:58 -0500, Wayne Dunham wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:56:38 -0800, Tim Roberts wrote:
>
>>Some time ago, someone submitted a hint on how to configure PMMail to use 
>>Internet Explorer as the "external editor" for read messages, so one could view 
>>the dreaded HTML messages in a reasonable form.
>>
>>I have since learned of an alternative.  Internet Explorer 5.x includes a 
>>program called "mshta.exe" that is basically a very thin wrapper around the IE 
>>browser control.  It is designed for rendering HTA files (Hypertext 
>>Applications), but it can render everything IE can.  Further, it skips all the 
>>menus and icons and toolbars and coolbars and rings and things and buttons and 
>>bows, so unlike IE it starts up very quickly.  It does support the right-click 
>>interface, so you can still print the pages.
>>
>>I changed the Editor in Account -> Properties -> Editor to "c:\winnt\system32
>>\mshta.exe", and I'm quite happy with the results.
>>
>  
>  Works in Win98Se also.  Looks like a great alternative.  Hey, I'll
>actually be able to FIND the links in a message.  In PmMails internal
>viewer (Windows) the clickable links are sometimes nowhere near the
>highlighted text in the message.
>
>  Just don't forget that if your pathname that PmMail resides in has
>spaces in it to put quotes around that pathname, i.e. "E:\program
>files\PMMail\%s", in the arguments line.  Strange, I had Notepad as my
>external editor before and it didn't need the quotes, but that program
>(and probably other externals) does/did.
>
>
>
>     Wayne Dunham
>     waynedunham@email.com
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<FONT FACE="Courier New" DEFAULT="FACE"><FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="10" DEFAULT="SIZE">THANK YOU!!  <BR>

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works great!!<BR>

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On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:10:58 -0500, Wayne Dunham wrote:<BR>

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&gt;On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:56:38 -0800, Tim Roberts wrote:<BR>

&gt;<BR>

&gt;&gt;Some time ago, someone submitted a hint on how to configure PMMail to use <BR>

&gt;&gt;Internet Explorer as the "external editor" for read messages, so one could view <BR>

&gt;&gt;the dreaded HTML messages in a reasonable form.<BR>

&gt;&gt;<BR>

&gt;&gt;I have since learned of an alternative.  Internet Explorer 5.x includes a <BR>

&gt;&gt;program called "mshta.exe" that is basically a very thin wrapper around the IE <BR>

&gt;&gt;browser control.  It is designed for rendering HTA files (Hypertext <BR>

&gt;&gt;Applications), but it can render everything IE can.  Further, it skips all the <BR>

&gt;&gt;menus and icons and toolbars and coolbars and rings and things and buttons and <BR>

&gt;&gt;bows, so unlike IE it starts up very quickly.  It does support the right-click <BR>

&gt;&gt;interface, so you can still print the pages.<BR>

&gt;&gt;<BR>

&gt;&gt;I changed the Editor in Account -&gt; Properties -&gt; Editor to "c:\winnt\system32<BR>

&gt;&gt;\mshta.exe", and I'm quite happy with the results.<BR>

&gt;&gt;<BR>

&gt;  <BR>

&gt;  Works in Win98Se also.  Looks like a great alternative.  Hey, I'll<BR>

&gt;actually be able to FIND the links in a message.  In PmMails internal<BR>

&gt;viewer (Windows) the clickable links are sometimes nowhere near the<BR>

&gt;highlighted text in the message.<BR>

&gt;<BR>

&gt;  Just don't forget that if your pathname that PmMail resides in has<BR>

&gt;spaces in it to put quotes around that pathname, i.e. "E:\program<BR>

&gt;files\PMMail\%s", in the arguments line.  Strange, I had Notepad as my<BR>

&gt;external editor before and it didn't need the quotes, but that program<BR>

&gt;(and probably other externals) does/did.<BR>

&gt;<BR>

&gt;<BR>

&gt;<BR>

&gt;     Wayne Dunham<BR>

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