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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: How to make mutt open files by *EXTENSION*?
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:00:27 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jun5tr$n28$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20120724180049.GB21499@ns1.bonedaddy.net

On 2012-07-24, Todd Goodman <tsg@bonedaddy.net> wrote:
> * Terry <ny6p01@gmail.com> [120724 00:44]:
>> 
>> I may be mistaken (away from computer atm) but doesn't mutt use mailcap? I believe I use /etc/mailcap but you could also use per user files, /home/user/.mailcap to adjust your attachment handling. There's lots of guides on the web.
>> 
> [..]
>
> Hi Terry,
>
> Yes, it uses mailcap (/etc/mailcap or ~/.mailcap.)
>
> His problem is they've started sending his PDF as
> application/octet-stream

AFAICT, that's been standard operating breakage for Outlook+Exchange
since bits were invented.  I've been getting PDF files typed as
application/octet-stream from Outlook users for 15 years.

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! I guess it was all a
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-07-24 22:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-23 21:43 [gentoo-user] OT: How to make mutt open files by *EXTENSION*? Walter Dnes
2012-07-23 22:13 ` Todd Goodman
2012-07-24  4:37   ` Terry
2012-07-24 18:00     ` Todd Goodman
2012-07-24 19:01       ` Philip Webb
2012-07-24 22:00       ` Grant Edwards [this message]
2012-07-24  7:49   ` Henry Gebhardt

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