Dillo Viewer: HTML mail viewing in Claws Mail ------------------------------------------------- This plugin uses the Dillo (http://www.dillo.org) browser to view text/html MIME parts inside Claws Mail. When the plugin is loaded, if the MIME part to be viewed is of text/html type, then the MIME part is saved in a temporary file and Dillo is started with special options to embed it inside Claws Mail' message view and to "safely" view the part. Dillo is also run in the fullwindow mode, where the toolbar, menubar and the statusbar are hidden so the message is viewed in a larger area. The fullwindow mode is toggled on and off by double clicking on an empty part of the page or by clicking on the icon in the lower right corner. The "safe" viewing of text/html message parts is achieved by using the -l (or --local) option of Dillo. This option prevents Dillo from retrieving remote web resources, like images. Thus, no connection to the Internet is done. If the user wants to view the message without this restriction, s/he just reloads the page by clicking on the "Reload" button in Dillo's toolbar. WARNING: This plugin is provided as is. The author does not guarantee safe viewing of text/html messages although he tried hard to achieve this goal. What Dillo version should be used? ---------------------------------- Dillo 0.7.0 was the first version that included the features needed by Claws, but it had a small bug where remote resources could be accessed even with the --local option (when a BASE element is present in the message). Since 2002-03-16, the CVS tree of Dillo fixed that bug. Dillo 0.7.2 and newer do not have that bug, and are the recommended versions to be used. Acknowledgment: --------------- The author of this plugin thanks the author of Dillo, Jorge Arellano Cid, who accepted to integrate and improve the different patches needed for this functionality. -- Melvin Hadasht
