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Re: why does mutt ignore /etc/mailcap??



Try using the command view-mailcap (defaults to 'm' in the attachment
view).

/M

On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 02:52:25PM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote:
>Hello!
>
>since some time now i notice that i can't anymore open images send by
>mail directly from mutt, not so bothersome since this doesn't happen very
>often, but still annoying...
>
>the images have the correct mime-type in the mail, corresponding lines
>are in /etc/mailcap and ~/.mailcap even, but still, mutt claims for
>unrecognized type, displaying as text....
>
>in /etc/mailcap are a lot of lines for e.g. image/jpeg but that
>shouldn't trouble the thing, doesn't it?
>
>can it be that mutt doesn't find anymore the mailcap files??
>
>funny thing... writing up the problem, also give a clue for the
>problem...
>seems that was indeed the problem...
>adding:
>set mailcap_path="~/.mailcap:/etc/mailcap"
>to my muttrc solved the problem...
>
>but why are those settings no more a default???
>
>-- 
>ciao bboett
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>
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