Re: Another beginner Question - HTML formatted emails

[Ian Wilson <i.wilson@considered.com.au>]

I just read my own mail as it was sent back to me.  This damn html 
formatted mail!  For anyone with a mail client that tries to display HTML 
formatted messages I suspect that my question will be quite confusing.

Basically,

Some of our users are using HTML formatted mail when sending to our mailing 
list.  This is getting into the mhonarc-generated archive as either 
basically an empty message body or in some cases it was being added but wih 
all the HTML tags visible (that is being treated as a lump of text with 
lots of HTML tags scattered through it.

I am not sure how to control the reading of HTML formatted messages into 
our archive.

Thanks again sorry for any confusion/difficulty/wasted electrons,
Ian Wilson

At 09:44 AM 19/12/2000 +1100, Ian Wilson wrote:
>G'Day all,
>
>Sorry for the long post but I do not want to trim too much...
>
>I am trying to archive a mailing list - theer are about 500 users - all 
>will be Windows based since the mailing list is about a win-32 based 
>program.  There are a wide variety of mail clients but Eudora, Netscape 
>and the various MS clients are the most common.
>
>Some people insist on sending formatted mail (not plain text). I have 
>requested otherwise but some like fancy formatted emails.
>
>When I run mhonarc over my Eudora mailbox (.MBX file) I get  a number of 
>results from HTML formatted messages.
>
>1) if the body of a message looks like (******* are delimiters in this 
>email only):
>*****************************************
>Hi,
>
>As the PCB file is opened, from the menu, select file>>save as(or save 
>copy as), and then select PCB 3.0 Binary file, The PCB 3.0 format was used 
>by Advanced PCB V3, Protel 98, Protel 99 and Protel99 SP1. I guess the P99 
>which you said is P99SE.
>
>BRs,
>Luo.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Newton Fukue [mailto:nyu@ajato.com.br]
>Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 3:03 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list proteledausers
>Subject: P99 to P98
>
>How can I save the PCB file maked in P99 as a file for P98?
>***************************************** Then it comes through into the 
>mhonarc generated HTML page with all the HTML tags visible. 2) If, 
>however, the message looks like: 
>********************************************* Steve,
>
>On a very dense board, it is sometimes easier to see the available real 
>estate by suppressing the visual background noise.  If you have just the 
>multilayer vias and pads turned on, along with the single layer upon which 
>you are working, the manual routing possibilities on that layer become 
>much clearer.
>
>The mode is available in Protel 98 from the tools/preferences/options 
>menu, and in Protel 99SE by using 'shift S'.
>
>Regards - Harry
>
>
>At 02:13 PM 12/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
>snip
>>I hate to sound too stupid, but I've evidently missed something along the
>>way, despite having done quite a few complex multilayer boards. What is this
>>"single layer mode", and what does it do for you in manual routing? I can
>>stay on one layer just fine during manual routing with all the layers
>>enabled, so obviously I've misunderstood something in what you're 
>>describing.
>>When you get a few minutes, could you please educate me?
>>
>>Steve Hendrix
>*********************************************
>the resulting messagexxxx.html file displays as just the last few lines as
>shown here:
>
></x-html>
>
>3) There are also some messages that have "<x-flowed>"  at the beginning of
>the message and then "</x-flowed>" at the end of the message.  Doesn't seem
>to cause any damage but .......
>
>
>Is there a method to get HTML formatted messages to be interpreted
>correctly?  I assume there is some sort of resource seting that will help me.
>
>What I really want is a black-box that I can run every month and produce
>another months archive.  I do not want to learn the guts of mhonarc if
>possible.  I would love a resource file that did a reasonable job on
>producing a thread index with a little fancier navigation than the basic
>default format and a subject index - ideally both showing the dates of
>messages if possible.  Has anyone got such a resource file that would be
>willing to share on a no-responsibility basis.  (It would ideally cope with
>mails from Windows-based clients complete with HTML formatted messages.  I
>have another issue with people using the reply-to button to create new
>thread which stuffs up mhonarcs threading somewhat but I gather this is
>difficult to solve - incorrect in-reply-to field is difficult to cope 
>with....)
>
>I am sorry if it looks like I am not getting involved in the guts of this
>powerful program but I am spread rather thinly as it is and I simply do not
>have the time to invest in mhonarc.
>
>Thanks very much,
>
>Ian Wilson
>
>