I've finally assembled a lot of my mutt-related scripts and configuration file information on a web page, http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/ It includes the following scripts, some of which I have previously posted here, along with explanations of how to use them in a mailcap file to view various types of attachments. excel2text - convert MS Excel spreadsheet files to ASCII text mutt_bgrun - run an attachment viewer from mutt in the background mutt_netscape - run Netscape from mutt in the background mutt_octet_view - select octet-stream e-mail attachment viewer word2text - convert MS Word files to ASCII text mutt_octet_view is a modification of Dave Pearson's mutt.octet.filter program that adds the ability to launch graphical viewers for octet-stream attachments from the attachment menu. Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | RF Communications Product Generation Unit | Spokane, Washington, USA