I meant, if you were going to shove it through a Linux box first, what MTA (assuming you already had a machine in mind for this...) I would be surprised if Exchange could do anything like this. Usually MS likes to convert stuff *TO* HTML... On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, John Meier wrote: > Microsoft exchange :( I'm googling for an Exchange way to do this, > but poised to use anything else as a backup plan. > > > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:38:40 -0600 (CST), Adam Maloney <adam at whee.org> wrote: >> What MTA? If it's Sendmail, you can write a ruleset to push that mail >> through lynx before delivery. I can provide some assistance if needed, as >> I've done this before. >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, John Meier wrote: >> >>> Hummmm... >>> >>> It's have to be automated somehow - I was (still am) hoping I'll find >>> some setting on the exchange server that coverts the mail.... I'm >>> googling away on that front, but as a back up I thought maybe I could >>> send it to some SMTP server and it could filter convert, then send it >>> on..... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:24:40 -0600 (CST), Adam Maloney <adam at whee.org> wrote: >>>> Something like: >>>> >>>> lynx -dump < in.html > out.txt >>>> >>>> ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, John Meier wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all - >>>>> >>>>> This is a shot in the dark - but I have an application that can only >>>>> send html emails and I need that email to be converted to plain text >>>>> before it gets off the LAN and out to the recipient. >>>>> >>>>> the official SMTP server it's going to is an exchange server and I >>>>> have no idea if it can convert an incoming html formatted email to >>>>> text, so I thought maybe I could pass it through one of the linux >>>>> servers I have access to and maybe a relay or something could take it >>>>> in, strip th html and then send it on. I'm pretty new on the email >>>>> admin scene, so I don't even know if this can be done... ? or maybe >>>>> there's a better way ? >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>>> Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >>>>> Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >>>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>>> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list