Re: Request for improvement to MAIL

In article <4775237d$0$16173$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

The character cell MAIL utility should be improved to support the following:

-support for multipart (mime encoded) messages.

There is the standalone MIME utility. I wouldn't mind having it
integrated into the normal MAIL interface, but it has to be done
correctly. Remember when they rewrote MAIL in C and broke stuff?

-upon encountering an image/xxxx attachement, MAIL should automatically
decode it, and convert the image into SIXEL format to be displayed on
the character cell terminal as part of the message.

I would like to be prompted for this. Also, what if your terminal
doesn't support sixel graphics? On the other hand, if I am reading MAIL
in a terminal emulator on a graphics monitor, I would probably want
something better than sixel graphics.

-upon encountering any .EXE attachement, VMS should automatically invoke
a translator such as FX32! to automatically execute that file under the
SYSTEM account on VMS.

OK, I get it now, it's a joke.

It is true that it would be far easier to implement the above on the
X-windows version of mail, but it appears that HP has made a decision
that no more development must be made on VMS X-windows software since
VMS is to be relegated to an obscure server-only OS.

Do you have evidence that MAIL is still being developed?

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