Subject: Re: lynx-dev mailto prob in Lynx/Win98
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> * From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> * Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 00:06:35 -0600 (CST)
>
>>On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Jackson Aardvark wrote:
>>
>>> The mailto: URL of Lynx for Win 98 no longer works. I
>>> ...
>>> Sending your message...
>>> Sending your comment:
>>> $ c:\lynx\sendmail -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] -h netzero.net
>>> SMTP @c:\temp\00034bf3.blt
>>> Please wait...Must specify recipient
>>
>>The filename *.blt suggests that your lynx is configured for blat, and
>>ignoring your SYSTEM_MAIL setting. Try invoking as "lynx -noblat" and
>>see if the problem goes away. Some versions of lynx for Win32 have
>>blat as the default mailer, others not.
>> Doug
>
>Actually, the latest version of blat.exe does not work with the
>USE_BLAT_MAILER version of lynx.exe. I tried constructing the call
>that results and executing it at the command line with the latest
>blat, and I got an error message. The "@c:\temp\blah.blat" response
>file no longer works. And then, there is still the problem of blat
>inserting a blank line.
>
>With all the confusion in LYMail.c, I wish someone would rewrite it
>so that LYMail.c invokes the smtp protocol directly. The Linux
>textbook I have describes doing smtp using telnet to port 25 of the
>smtp.your.net, and it is very simple. Using quirky mailers from
>all of lynx's operating systems just makes no sense.
Well, another post by Kaufman informs us that the USE_BLAT_MAILER
option and the -noblat command-line option all refer to the Japanese
version of blat, which does work with the Japanese version of lynx.exe.
This was written using the American version of blat.exe, which takes
a completely different command line, and for which all the lynx headings
have to be suppressed.
