On 2002-03-01 Gary Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 10:57:17AM +0100, Christoph Maurer wrote: > > On 2002-03-01 Will Yardley wrote: > > > Alexander Skwar wrote: > > > > > > > > Rather often I get mails with attachments where the attachment is of > > > > type application/octet-stream instead of the correct type (let's say > > > > image/png). However, the attached file still has the correct extension > > > > (eg. .png or .PNG). > > > > > > i think you need either the appoct patch for mutt, or a shell script > > > like this one: > > > > What does this patch do and where can I get it? > > As I understand it, this patch recognizes application/octet-stream > attachments, finds the filename extension, uses that to look up the > proper content type in the mime_types file, then continues the > processing of the attachment following the rules in the mailcap file. > [...] > Yes. The mutt.octet.filter was designed to view attachments in-line, so > it doesn't help with attachments requiring a graphical viewer. The > patch lets you manage the viewing of octet-stream attachments with your > mailcap file just as though they had been attached with the proper > Content-Type, and lets you keep all your viewer rules in one place > instead of two.
Thanks for the information. I think this patch can be very helpful. Up two now I use mutt.octet.filter which I have somewhat adapted so that I can also use it with external (graphical) viewers. Regards, Christoph -- Christoph Maurer - D - 52072 Aachen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.christophmaurer.de On my Homepage: SuSE 7.0 on an Acer Travelmate 508 T Notebook
