Garth Wallace wrote:
> > > > c) Suppose I have a mail file, and want to convert it to html as
> > > > in 3). How do I do it?
> > >
> > > The process you used in (3) seemed to work out all
> > > right.
> >
> > The problem is, it can't get this to work! Whichever way I can think of
> > viewing a *local* mail file in Netscape, "Open in Composer" won't produce
> > the magic of 3). Instead I only get a dialog to navigate my drive, and
> > if I use that to go open the mail file, then only (essentially) plain
> > text appears. So, while Mozilla keeps cranking out nice html behind the
> > scenes (as you explain under 3), I can't seem to access it!
>
> That's because once you save it to disk, it's just a plain
> text file. Since there's no MIME type associated with it,
> the program can't tell that it's a mail message, and just
> opens it as if it was a plain text file.
Yes, I understand that.... what I would like is to find a way around it.
Can I somehow assign the file this MIME type on the Macintosh? Or if I
just give its title an .eml extension, as you suggested, can I help
Communicator guess the correct type by adding something in Edit >
Preferences > Navigator > Applications ?
Or are you saying that there.just.is.no.way.at.all?
Again, thanks a lot for your explanations so far.
hysterion
