[imp] Incoming Message Format

[Matt Barber]

  Thanks for responding!

Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:

> Quoting Matt Barber <matt.barber at sbhcmuseum.org>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to the Horde mail application and I can't seem to figure out
>> how to
>> change a particular setting. I want my incoming mail to automatically
>> download and show messages and content in the preview window, but I
can't
>> figure out how to do this. The current setting will only show simple
>> text.
>> Anything more sophisticated than this must be downloaded before it is
>> displayed in a different window.
>>
>> Is this the current standard? Is there a way to display incoming
messages
>> in the manner I'd like it to? Any help is much appreciated!
>
> I'm going to assume that you mean you want to view your email as HTML
> when available, instead of just plain text.
>
> This could be two different settings that need to be changed. One must
> be done by someone with administrative access to the Horde server, the
> other is a setting the user can change.
>
> If this is not *your* server, which I'm guessing it's not, but rather
> your host's, then they need to enable inline html in IMP's configuration
> if it's not already. This is off by default because HTML email is
> generally a bad idea. Among other things, it can be considered a
> security threat.
>
> If this is already enabled, then you need to set your preferences to
> show it by default. This is done in Preferences -> Mail -> Viewing (must
> enable "advanced preferences") -> "For messages with alternative
> representations of a text part, which part should be displayed?"   If
> you do enable this, you should at least block loading images
> automatically by default (the next preference down).
>
> --
> mike
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