Re: [tlug] Using /bin/mail to send HTML mail from the command line?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Godwin" == Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com> writes:

    Godwin> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:33:50 +0900, "Stephen J. Turnbull"
    Godwin> <stephen@example.com> wrote:

    >> Why do you want to do this?

    Godwin> Unfortunately, what *should* be industry standard and what
    Godwin> PHB's want often tend to differ. Dramatically.

No, no, no!  Not "why do you want to send HTML mail?"  (IIRC jc's
already been treated to a Paul Prudhomme Cajun Cooking for that;
weren't you the one grinding the jalapenos?)

Why "/bin/mail", which is a sucky MUA, a worse MDA, and not an MTA
atall, atall, atall? ;-)

    Godwin> * HTML is for web pages, not e-mail

Fair C&C warning:



Jamie Zawinski seriously suggested HTML as the target "device" for a
refactoring of XEmacs's redisplay.

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