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Re: Handling attached .eml files



* Gary Johnson <garyjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [03-08-08 05:44]:
> 
> But those steps tell mutt how to use an _external_ application, as 
> specified in the mailcap file, to view the message.  Mutt doesn't 
> look at the content type associated with the extension to see if it 
> knows how to handle that content type internally.  

correct.  Linux does not rely on file extensions to determine file
type.  It looks at the file itself.

> I think that's a weakness of the mime_lookup feature.

weakness(??), it is a strength.
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