Incoming from Rick Moen: > Quoting s. keeling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Well, even mutt will, if you turn on autoload crap in .muttrc and load > > up your .mailcap with stupid helper apps. > > > > Out of the box, no, mutt doesn't do that. > > Ja. We might call the .mailcap scenario the "aim-gun-at-my-foot-please"
Ha! The problem here is the nitwit factor. Nitwits who are deathly afraid of having to think about what to do with some obscure file format, want their app/OS to just fscking handle it and do the right thing. Well, what app/OS is well known for that sort of behaviour? And what are the generally expected repercussions? Oh yes. Lookout! and Internet Exploder, and consequently enabled viruses, worms, trojans, spambots, spyware, ... I say again to the original poster, get a better MUA, running on a better OS. I've no sympathy for your present situation. Attachments are a valuable feature that your system is unable to take advantage of. We don't have that problem here. That's why we run Debian. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
