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| author | pkater <pkater> | 2002-03-04 17:26:58 +0000 |
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| committer | pkater <pkater> | 2002-03-04 17:26:58 +0000 |
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Update of version number, added section about MIME type determination
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diff --git a/manual/en/syl_001.sgml b/manual/en/syl_001.sgml index 592fa01..db39fa5 100644 --- a/manual/en/syl_001.sgml +++ b/manual/en/syl_001.sgml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <author>Paul Kater (paul@nlpagan.net) Nick Selby <abstract> - Sylpheed User's Manual for Sylpheed-0.6.4 + Sylpheed User's Manual for Sylpheed-0.7.3 </abstract> <toc> diff --git a/manual/en/syl_012.sgml b/manual/en/syl_012.sgml index f2d273b..47c79c6 100644 --- a/manual/en/syl_012.sgml +++ b/manual/en/syl_012.sgml @@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ +<sect>Handling MIME types + +<sect1>How Sylpheed checks for Mime types<p> + +(Thanks to Adriaan Penning for writing this!)<p> + +Two files, mime.types and mailcap, are involved in determining the mime type of an attachment, and the application associated with that mime type. The mime.types file is used to determine the mimetype of attachments you add when composing a message. The mime.types file consists of lines like:<p> + +application/pdf pdf<p> + +Sylpheed looks for this file in SYSCONFDIR (determined at compile time), /etc/ and $HOME/.sylpheed/ + +If this file doesn't exist or has the wrong format, every attachment will have `application/octet-stream' as it's mime type, so the recipients mail client may not know what application to use to view the attachment. + +To change the default application that sylpheed uses to view an attachment that somebody mailed you, look for a mailcap file like /etc/mailcap or $HOME/.mailcap + +For example, you can add a line like this in $HOME/.mailcap if you want to view pdf files with xpdf:<p> + +application/pdf ; xpdf %s + +</sect1> +</sect> + <sect>Conversion of Other Mail Format into Sylpheed (MH Format) <sect1>Importing Messages of mbox Format<p> |