inherited from mailtools. Part files are kept temporarily; they are deleted when the next
message is fetched. They are also currently stored in a single directory and so apply to
only a single user.
If the message can be loaded and parsed successfully, the result page, shown in Fig-
ure 16-12, allows us to view, but not edit, the mail’s text. The function commonhtml.view
page generates a “read-only” HTML option for all the text widgets in this page. If you
look closely, you’ll notice that this is the mail we sent to ourselves in Figure 16-3 and
which showed up at the end of the list in Figure 16-8.
Figure 16-12. PyMailCGI view page
View pages like this have a pull-down action selection list near the bottom; if you want
to do more, use this list to pick an action (Reply, Forward, or Delete) and click on the
Next button to proceed to the next screen. If you’re just in a browsing frame of mind,
click the “Back to root page” link at the bottom to return to the main page, or use your
browser’s Back button to return to the selection list page.
As mentioned, Figure 16-12 displays the mail we sent earlier in this chapter, being
viewed after being fetched. Notice its “Parts:” links—when clicked, they trigger URLs
that open the temporary part files on the server, according to your browser’s rules for
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