EMail Question

Robin

I rely on a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor when composing email. I publish to my blog via email among other uses that require "rich text" formatting, embedded images, and so forth. Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail, and Geary all have nice WYSIWYG interfaces for composing those emails.

For personal reasons I'd prefer to use a "politically neutral" email client, and from what I've read, there's only Clawsmail and Slypheed to choose from - neither of which supports sending HTML messages. Is there such a thing as a WYSIWYG editor that will let me publish to my blog and other venues via email that will work using Clawsmail or Slypheed? Or is there a different email client that offers composing outgoing messages in a WYSIWYG manner?

Thanks,
Robin, still a

vimanuelt

Robin
You might try Trojitá. You will need to manually install it.
https://trojita.flaska.net/download.html
KDE/trojita

I am thinking it would not be difficult to create a solution, but it would require long-term support.
To begin something like that, I need some questions answered to better define the scope.

User Goals and Use Cases

What are the primary use cases for email composition?
* Blog publishing?
* Personal correspondence?
* Substack-like publishing?

Is email always sent to a specific address (e.g., post@blog.com) or to various recipients?
Should the app support email templates or reuse of drafts?

Markdown and Rich Text Preferences

Should the editor support WYSIWYG-style Markdown, or is split view (source + preview) acceptable?
Do you require:
* Tables?
* Task lists?
* Code blocks with syntax highlighting?
* Math rendering?
* Embedded YouTube/video links?

Image Handling

Do you want to embed images inline or link to externally hosted images?
Should the app:
* Upload images automatically (to Imgur or another service)?
* Allow drag-and-drop images?
* Reference local paths?

Email Sending Method
How do you plan to send emails?
* Use msmtp?
* Pipe to sendmail?
* Open in Claws Mail?
* Save .eml file for review?

Should the app store SMTP credentials or always defer to a system mailer?
Will you use multiple sender profiles (From addresses)?

Privacy and Security Concerns

Do you require GPG/PGP signing or encryption?
Should the app be able to send via Tor or proxy?
Should remote resources (e.g., in preview pane) be sandboxed or blocked?

Robin

I found what I need in a GTK application called marker and a really nice GUI Qt one called GhostWriter. Sent as an attached document, I can publish pretty much as I please.

vimanuelt

Nice find. :-)