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Feature Request: Display HTML-based message in browser (rather than Mail)

#2169

It would be handy to be able to open an HTML-formatted message in my default browser. The command would be something like Open in Browser and it would appear at the bottom of the Message menu, right with Open in Finder and Open in Apple Mail.

Reported by Mike Conley · November 10th, 2018 @ 05:44 PM

State: new
Milestone: none
Assigned to: benny benny

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  1. benny
    benny

    You mean just the HTML body of the message?

    November 20th, 2018 @ 01:05 PM

  2. Mike Conley
    Mike Conley

    Right. As a way of seeing what the message would look like in an HTML-enabled mail client such as Mail. Once I've checked it over with MailMate, I may want to see how the full version of the message would appear.

    November 20th, 2018 @ 01:08 PM

  3. benny
    benny

    For messages you have composed yourself?

    MailMate can display HTML for both incoming and composed messages? (Using a WebView which would be identical to what Safari does.)

    In general, there's no easy way of knowing what an email is going to look like in other email clients unless you subscribe to one of the marketing-email-services which can generate this for you. Such services are quite expensive though.

    November 20th, 2018 @ 01:11 PM

  4. Mike Conley
    Mike Conley

    Sure, I understand that HTML mail is crap, and that it is inconsistent between clients.

    I don't see any option to view the message in a WebView; how do I do it?

    November 20th, 2018 @ 01:14 PM

  5. benny
    benny
    • State changed from new to resolved

    Viewer: If you have enabled “Prefer Plain Text” then you still have access to the HTML part using ⌥⌘]. See the “View ▸ Message Body Parts” menu.

    Composer: Enable the preview using the toolbar button and/or change the Preview setting in the Composer preferences pane.

    November 20th, 2018 @ 01:17 PM

  6. Mike Conley
    Mike Conley

    Ah. Okay, that works. Cheers.

    November 20th, 2018 @ 01:21 PM

  7. Mike Conley
    Mike Conley

    Well, actually, it doesn't.

    Here's an email with a Content-Type: text/html tag, containing HTML code, but which does not preview as HTML in MM. I don't get an option to view the HTML body part. I've attached a screenshot of the View > Message Body Parts menu and of the original message for you to look at.

    November 24th, 2018 @ 06:05 PM

  8. Mike Conley
    Mike Conley

    Hm. I quit MM, went through my com.freron.MailMate.plist file and deleted every Mm* entry that had a WebKit in it, and started the app up again, and now I get proper HTML display when I ask for it. Maybe something was messed up. Seems to be okay now.

    December 9th, 2018 @ 06:04 PM

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