On 07-Mar-02 at 06:00, John Buttery's inspired musing was thus : > > Well, if we're not reinventing the wheel, why not just ask the guy if > we can have a copy of his whole HTML and just include it with the mutt > distribution? I'm sure it's not very big on disk. Then just include > instructions on how to navigate to the first page of it with a browser.
Since it's dynamic, he'll have to be running a web server, etc. A shell or PERL script will guarantee functionality across a wider range of Linux distros and setups. > The only reason to do a whole new shell script is if you're going to > do "logic" like someone mentioned a few posts back, ie autodetection of > where the mail spool is etc. I think newbies will feel more at home > with a web-based interface. Yes, I agree. But we can take the web script as a building block, no? The web script has to be hosted somewhere else if it is to work everywhere, but then, that tool is already available. -- |-Simon White # GIMPS current unit progress: 29.89% #-| |-Internet Services Manager # > http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm #-| |-MTDS S.A. 14, rue 16 novembre THIS SPACE tel: +212.3.737.4861-| |-Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco FOR RENT fax: +212.3.737.4863-|
