Re: Viewing pdf typed as 'application/octet-stream'

[Gary Johnson <garyjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2003-12-27, Til Schubbe <t.schubbe@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I got a mail with a pdf attached. The Content-Type of the attachment
> says 'octet-stream'. So I can't open it using the application/pdf
> entry in /etc/mailcap.
> 
> What can I do to open such a pdf within mutt? Mapping 'octet-stream' to
> a pdf-viewer doesn't seem to be a good idea... Can I use the filename
> to decide how to handle the attachment in such a case?

There are a number of solutions to this, all discussed here:

    http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/#octet
    http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/#pdf

HTH,
Gary

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Gary Johnson                               | Agilent Technologies
garyjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                   | Wireless Division
http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/ | Spokane, Washington, USA