[NTLUG:Discuss] saving email question

[fredjame]

Will Senn wrote:

> 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

So I should be able to open the saved EML file with my Mozilla client, 
or is that some other email reader?

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