On 2012-11-19, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I often get attachments with completely wrong MIME types. For example
> today I received a pdf and a doc file as application/octet-stream. Is
> there anyway to bypass my mailcap and ask mutt to open the attachment
> with the proper application? So in this particular case, I would want
> to open the pdf file with evince and the doc file with LibreOffice.
>
> Thanks for any hints,
For application/octet-stream attachments, put this in your muttrc:
mime_lookup application/octet-stream
That tells mutt to determine the correct MIME type by looking up the
file name extension in your mime.types file
Regards,
Gary
