On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 02:18:08PM -0700, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I fail to see why you couldn't write a filter (using maildrop or > >> procmail) to pipe the message through w3m -dump (or links -dump) before > >> storing the message. > > > > Thanks John. That seems to be the definitively best way to go. I just > > have to work out how to reliably identify or flag the offending messages for > > treatment. > > All html mail should have content type set to text/html > > >> Also, IMAP won't care if you change the message. You just upload the > >> message as a new message. I do it all the time with I add labels etc. > > > > It will be better if I leave the headers alone, so that threading > > doesn't get broken. > > Well, I was talking about created a brand new message. When I add > labels etc, I add header lines, but the message itself is like the > original. But as far as IMAP is concerned, I deleted the old message > and uploaded a new message. As long the In-Reply-To header is still > there, the threading shouldn't be broken
Ok, I suppose that is obvious, but I have never tinkered with mail before. Thanks for the help. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
