On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:05:30PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
> I use mutt.
> I would like mutt to be able to start abiword for .doc attachments (word
> documents) and acrobat reader to display pdf document attachments.
> However, mutt's viewer lists both of these attachments as octet-stream.
> I believe that this means that mutt can't tell what these files really are,
> just that they are binary files.
> So, how do I get mailcap configured so it can distinguish these two file
> types?
Well, problem solved, in part.
I figured out that I really didn't have any application/pdf defined in my /etc/mailcap
or ~/.mailcap files. I had been using acroread to read all my octet-stream
attachements. After I added the mimetype application/pdf, I kept trying to read a pdf
attachment in my Mailread file. I kept getting octet-stream, no matter what
I did. Frustration. IT TURNS OUT.......
That the mimetype, as far as mutt is concerned, is determined at the time
the mail is received, not when the attachment is viewed ! I am not sure if mutt or the
sending mail program gets the final word in determining what the mimetype
is, though. I am too lazy to find out.
But, all is well for now.
Joel
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