From: HyperMail_www@associate.com
Date: Tue Feb 16 1999 - 21:11:54 CST
Hi Daniel & all,
I've spent several hours this weekend reviewing the latest release of
Hypermail. As I noted in my first message to you, the inline image
function seems broke - at least when used with mail from Mutt. Here
is a complete list of what I've found:
1. options.h is broken pretty bad - I could not define message footers,
headers, or index footers/headers. I know the file is getting included,
but the variables aren't being set. Variables COULD be set in the
environment, and worked fine in most cases...
2. inline images aren't working (Mutt-sent) even when the variable is
set in the environment.
3. In defining my own message header file, I had a need to indicate the
name of the archive (as set with the -l command line switch) and
message subject. I want these names to appear in the HTML title
and elsewhere in the header part of the BODY. There appears to be
no current way to do this. Can this feature be added?
4. At the top of the message files, Hypermail states the message author
and the message date below that. It would be more aesthetically
pleasing to list these as the headers they really are, preceded by the
message subject in similar format.
Subject: I Love Hypermail
From: Glen Stewart (root@associate.com)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:44:21 -0500
On my system, I put the archive name as the first word(s) seen at the
top of the document (need #3 to do it), instead of the message subject.
5. On the index, the Starting and Ending dates are not following the same
convention, even though both are labeled as EST. They both appear
to be several hours ahead of reality.
6. In the index file, we can save a couple lines of fairly redundant text by
saying:
17 Messages sorted by: [ author ][ thread ][ subject ]
instead of:
Messages sorted by: [ author ] [ thread ] [ subject ]
Starting: Sat 13 Feb 1999 - 23:43:06 EST
Ending: Mon 15 Feb 1999 - 01:47:29 EST
Messages: 17
- I like to avoid using <LI> for so many items on the page too - it's
too HTML 1.0'ish
7. I found the SHOW_HEADERS option to be pretty useless, except
maybe for debugging. What would be nice to me, is to have this
feature place all the headers as HTML comments in the file, if set.
For an example of all I'm describing, see:
http://associate.com/BBS_MUG_news/LinuxPPC/index.html
Also, I LOVE your idea to have an option setting a maximum message cap for
Hypermail. Right now, I wipe out the entire archive at 11pm if the # of
messages exceeds 20. I would *much* rather have Hypermail eliminate all but
the last 20 messages when midnight strikes, so the archive doesn't appear
empty.
Thanks,
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