mutt and html tags

cizzi · 03-29-2008, 07:09 AM

When reading emails in mutt I always get html tags displayed instead of processed. Gooogle turned up adding the following line to mailcap file:

text/html; /usr/bin/lynx -assume_charset=utf8 -dump '%s'; copiousoutput; description=HTML Text; nametemplate=%s.html

I simply added that line to the /etc/mailcap file and restarted mutt but it didn't solve the problem. Do I have to do anything else?

Thanks.

Tinkster · 03-30-2008, 07:46 PM

And a relevant entry in mime.type (user, system wide, whatever ... ) ... ?

Also, does your lynx live in /usr/bin?

Cheers,
Tink

cizzi · 03-30-2008, 08:11 PM

Ahh that's maybe why it wasnt working, I removed the lynx package on the system for security reasons. Thanks for pointing that out.

Tinkster · 03-30-2008, 08:21 PM

Heh

That would explain the failure, then ;}

Cheers,
Tink