[NTLUG:Discuss] saving email question

[Will Senn]

fredjame wrote:

> Mandrake 9.1
> Gnome 2.2
> Mozilla 1.5
>
> If I save email to disk (i.e., as a file outside of the email client) 
> with the intention of reading it later, is it better to save it as a 
> Mail file (*.eml), Text file, or HTML file?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer.
> Regards
> Fred James
>
Fred,

As usual, it depends... if you just wanna be able to read it in 
vi/emacs/joe/etc Text is fine. EML is readable by email clients and will 
let you read it in a reader. HTML is junk, unless you wanna print it in 
all its glory. I'd go with .eml, you can always choose another format 
later, that way.

Will