This is becoming more of a problem. There is a growing number of firms that are incapable of sending out normal emails. They insist on sending blank messages with an html attachment only. Of course this is usually a sign of spam, and I usually delete such messages without wasting time wondering what might be in them. But I do get some messages in this form that I want to read, and even keep.
Here is the thought that struck me: could I in principle write a script to take such void plus html messages, strip the tags (replacing URLs when the href text doesn't have it) and write the bare text back into the source email so that I can see it? The html attachment could be left in place or discarded, it usually won't matter which. Or would this mess up the IMAP or Maildir indexing in some way? Obviously there are plenty of examples of html-strippers around, but generally the output lands up somewhere else, and it would be a great help if the missing original message could be inserted so as to be viewable while browsing the email folder hierarchy. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
