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Rajesh Fowkar rearranged electrons thusly:
> Binand Raj S. saw fit to inform me that:
> >Rajesh Fowkar forced the electrons to say:
> >> You can view the doc files in text mode. To view word attachments in
> >> mutt just add the following to /etc/mailcap
> >> application/octet-stream; antiword %s |more
> >Many kind of attachments use application/octet-stream, not just word
> >documents. Even tar.gz files are sent as application/octet-stream.
That's right. However, except for outlook and other M$ clients, not many other
clients know or care what kind of binary file it is, and send it as
application/octet-stream on general principles.
You could have a hook to look for the distinctive .doc extension (if possible)
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
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