From: "Robert Comer" 

>In this case the text message must be derived from the HTML.  How well that
works depends on the HTML and how tricky it is.<

Could some smartness be built in to strip the text out of an HTML email
message, that, at least would let me know what the email is about without
actually having to look at the source or turning on html viewing...

- Bob Comer


"Rich"  wrote in message news:3ebab683{at}w3.nls.net...
   The read as text should use the text body of the message if one was
provided.  My posts, for example, include both a text and HTML body.  Some
messages could have HTML only as this is legal.  In this case the text
message must be derived from the HTML.  How well that works depends on the
HTML and how tricky it is.

Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3ebaada1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  No, I don't prefer HTML, I use the Read as text, but the implementation is
  faulty, some emails don't display at all, so you have to turn that feature
  off, so you are then vulnerable to web bugs and other HTML nasties.

  OE is just showing the plain text portion of HTML emails when, in fact, it
  should be stripping out the text from the html portion if no text portion
  exists.  Also link get royally screwed up...

  - Bob Comer

  IE crashed once again...



  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3eba9f23{at}w3.nls.net...
     The released OE has the "read as text" feature which I hate.  Are you
  saying that you prefer HTML email?

  Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
  news:3eba97b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  It's not in OE yet. :(

  - Bob Comer 


  "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3eba5be2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  wow, have they added a webbug filter to outlook yet? (I'm not sure that it
  matters to me anymore as I stopped upgrading when they added the
activation
  requirement but I'm still curious as to whether or not it's been
addressed).

  Geo.
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3eb9ffcc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     George, this should interest you.

     The most recent release of Hotmail blocks images, both external and
MHTML
  packaged, in messages by default.  If any are blocked there is a link to
  click on to view the message with the images.  Users can configure their
  account to disable this if they wish.

     The press release on this and other spam issues is at
  http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/may03/05-08SayonaraPR.asp.

  Rich

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