> Is there any way to filter out html mails and "convert" them > to plain text? As > I see on my e-mail client (kmail), it does it really nice, > but what I'm > really looking for is doing it "on-the-fly" by sendmail for example. > > So technically it is possible, that's for sure, but is there > any complete > solutions/workarounds/scripts already working you know of?
you can easily build one yourself with procmail and filters such as html2txt. but I guess the long-term solution is for MTAs to have a "sanitize" filter (or at least plug for a plug-in) much like firewalls do scrubbing or reassamble of fragments.