From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 1 23:46: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in (theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in [144.16.71.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 33E2D37B99A for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2000 23:45:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in) Received: (qmail 5823 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2000 07:45:37 -0000 Received: from theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in (144.16.71.128) by theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in with SMTP; 2 Apr 2000 07:45:37 -0000 Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 13:15:37 +0530 (IST) From: Rahul Siddharthan To: "Brian K . Walters" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lynx forbidden In-Reply-To: <20000402024251.A3917@kagan.quedawg.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > The lynx port is marked forbidden due to security problems. > > > > There is no misunderstanding. > > > > If you want to open yourself (and your users) up to buffer overflows in > > the code, you are more than welcome. > > > > AlanC > > In light of that is there a recommended replacement for lynx until the security > holes are worked out. Unfortunately I need something to view html marked up > emails in mutt. I am replaced linux with freebsd on my home machine and I > would like that same functionality. What other programs are out there like > lynx that I could use in my .mailcap file to view html marked emails in mutt? Try w3m -- /usr/ports/www/w3m It handles tables and frames much better than lynx. I've mainly switched to w3m now, using lynx only in some cases where w3m doesn't do the right thing with cookies. If you must use lynx, you can probably compile it easily enough without the help of the ports. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message