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
Suvayu Ali wrote (Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 02:25:37PM +0100):
> 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 appli
Hi Mandar,
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 07:26:28PM +0530, Mandar Mitra wrote:
> Suvayu Ali wrote (Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 02:25:37PM +0100):
> > 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 anywa
/ Woody Wu wrote on Sun 18.Nov'12 at 13:34:47 + /
> On 2012-11-18, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote:
> > / Woody Wu wrote on Sun 18.Nov'12 at 15:05:37 +0800 /
> >
> >> I want to read/post the list in gmane.org. So I want to ask, if the
> >> list (mutt-users) allow users to subscribe but without send
On 2012-11-18, Woody Wu wrote:
> I want to read/post the list in gmane.org. So I want to ask, if the
> list (mutt-users) allow users to subscribe but without send messages to
> their mailbox?
You could try sending the "nomail" command to the server:
To stop receiving mail from a mailing list
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 t
On 2012-11-19, Gary Johnson wrote:
> 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
Brilliant!
I've been sweari
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:41:48AM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote:
> 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 a
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 02:46:23PM +, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote:
>
> Ah, i understand your problem now. I did misunderstand but that's not your
> fault, your English is very good actually.
>
> As far as I know, it's not possible. I believe you must be subscribed to the
> list. You can have
