What I am about to recite is all contained in the documentation for
viewhtml, and meta-mail, but -- here goes:
1) unzip the packages viewht25.zip and metamail.zip and place them
in a directory that is mentioned in dos PATH variable. Make
sure the programs vh.exe and runbrows.exe are in the same
directory
2) within the vh.ini file insert the full pathname of your
browser (e.g., c:\browswers\netscape.exe) in the statement:
Browswer=
3) In your \yarn directory create a file called, mailcap, and put
the following line in it:
text/html vh.exe %s
4) In your yarn ``HOME'' directory (e.g., c:\yarn\howard), open your
config file and place the line:
decode-mime=metamail %f
5) Now start windows 95, open a DOS box, and start yarn within the DOS
box (alternately, you define a yarn icon within windows itself).
If all goes well, when you get a MIME encoded mail message, yarn
should pass the message to metamail to read. You will be asked if
you want the MIME message processed. When you answer `yes', metamail
will pass the html text to the vh.exe viewer to view. Once inside vh.exe,
you can press the key, B, to start your windows web browser, and display the
html mail message within it. You can also right click on any URL
while vieweing the file with vh.exe, and paste the URL to the windows
clipboard.
There are other ways to do this, even within windows 3.1. For instance,
the programs, schedule and run, will run any windows program, including
a browser, within a dos box. Barry Smiler has also written a command
line utility for windows that will run any DOS or windows program.