Re: Reading HTML mail: two queries

[Richard Riley]

Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net> writes:

> I am using gnus v5.10.10 under GNU Emacs 22.3.1 under (for my many
> sins) Windows XP.  As usual, I find it hard to understand info, FAQs,
> etc., on the following.
>
> 1.  Opaque links:  Some of my email, in particular from a couple of
> organizations, comes with links that are not spelled out
> (http://and.all/that.jazz), but appear merely as CLICK HERE or the
> like.  I was under the impression that that was illegal, but in any

Why would a link be illegal? html emails should be illegal :-;

> case it is baffling.  Is there any way to get at them -- or, if not,
> to mark the email as unread in such a way that I can bring it up in my
> browser (Conkeror)?

I use this, but as I recall just hitting enter on it should bring it up
in w3m (using the settings below)


,----
| (global-set-key (kbd "<f4>") 'rgr/browse-url)
| 
| (defun rgr/browse (url)
|   "If prefix is specified use the system default browser else use the 
configured emacs one"
|   (if current-prefix-arg
|       (when url (browse-url-default-browser url))
|     (if  url (browse-url url) (call-interactively 'browse-url))
|     ))
| 
| (defun rgr/browse-url (&optional url)
|   "browse the url passed in"
|   (interactive)
|   (setq url (or url (w3m-url-valid (w3m-anchor)) (browse-url-url-at-point) 
(region-or-word-at-point)))
|   (setq url (read-string (format "Url \"%s\" :" url) url nil url))
|   (rgr/browse url))
`----

Hitting enter brings it up in w3m for me, C-u f4 opens the system browser
(firefox for me). C-h f on browse-url-default-browser will help.

The function region-or-word-at-point is in the thinatpt+ library.

I daresay there are simpler solutions but I like this since I generally
open links in w3m inside emacs but occasionally need to launch a real
browser from an encoded url. The code above works for a visible http
link e.g "http://clickme"; and also a formatted one w3m that just shows
"click me" but with an underlying link.

>
> 2.  Spelled-out HTML:  In one email mailing list that I subscribe to,
> most of the postings appear in plain text followed by text with all
> the HTML coding explicitly embedded.  Contributors to that list cannot
> be dissuaded from top posting over the entire contents of the posting
> they are commenting on, so that the comment, however short, is
> embedded in a gigantic mess.  Is there any way to prune that at my
> end?

These are my settings:

(setq       mm-text-html-renderer 'w3m
       mm-inline-text-html-with-images t
       mm-inline-large-images t
       mm-verify-option 'always
       mm-decrypt-option nil
       mm-discouraged-alternatives '("text/html" "text/richtext")
       mm-automatic-display '("text/html")
       mm-attachment-override-types '("image/.*")
       mm-external-terminal-program (quote urxvt)
       gnus-ignored-mime-types '("text/x-vcard")
       w3m-key-binding 'info
       w3m-cookie-accept-bad-cookies (quote ask)
       w3m-use-cookies t
       w3m-safe-url-regexp nil
       mm-w3m-safe-url-regexp nil
       )

They might need pruning but I dont see any html codes. I am assuming w3m
works on windows too.

Best of luck!

regards,

r.



>
> The apposite lines in my .emacs are:
>
> (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "/gnus-5.10.10/lisp") load-path))
> (if (locate-library "gnus-load") (require 'gnus-load))
>
> (load-library "message")
> (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
> (setq gnus-spam-autodetect '(("nntp.*" . t)))
>
> (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "")))
> (setq nnmail-spool-file "po:joe_f")
> (load-library "pop3")
> (setq pop3-password "********")

^^*** you should always consider keeping passwords in a seperate file
and load them in from the meatier config files.

> (setq nnmail-pop-password-required nil)
> (setq nnmail-pop3-password-required nil)
> (setq pop3-password-required nil)
>
> (setq gnus-nntp-server "news.eternal-september.org")
> (setq gnus-read-active-file 'some)
>
> (setq global-font-lock-mode t)
>
> (load "/emacs-22.3/lisp/net/browse-url")
>
> (setq 
>  browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-generic
>  browse-url-generic-program "c:/conkeror/conkeror.exe")
>
> (setq gnus-button-url 'browse-url-generic
>     browse-url-generic-program "c:/conkeror/conkeror.exe"
>        browse-url-browser-function gnus-button-url)
>
> Thank you for your attention.

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