Re: [Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do?

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 09 February 2010 01:27 UTC

Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:28:58 -0000
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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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>>> * Create and render MIME.
>>> (No, you don't get to call yourself an MUA if you can't do that today).

Are there still MUAs used by people other than retro-perverse geeks
that don't render HTML?  Even Alpine does a credible lynx-like
character rendering of HTML parts.

The reason I ask is that if a MUA knows about HTML, that makes it
fairly likely it knows about HTTP, and if it knows about HTTP, that
makes an HTTP transaction a plausible way to send the report.  (The
obvious transaction is HTTP PUT, but I'm not sure how many firewalls
and proxies properly support it.)  This avoids the routing through
strangers problem.

R's,
John

[Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do? John Levine
Re: [Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do? Steve Atkins
Re: [Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do? Ian Eiloart
Re: [Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do? der Mouse
Re: [Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do? Steve Atkins
Re: [Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do? Chris Lewis
Re: [Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do? Steve Atkins
Re: [Asrg] What can we expect MUAs to do? John Levine