From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/20269 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Pluim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: MIME handling for common MS Windows attachments? Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:54:10 +0100 (CET) Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <13980.49570.552112.474836@amenardo.corpemea.baynetworks.com> References: Reply-To: Robert Pluim NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035158590 16853 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 00:03:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 00:03:10 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from karazm.math.uh.edu (karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.1]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA04180 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:02:10 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by karazm.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAB08447; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:01:48 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:01:51 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA29577 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:01:40 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from shrimp.baynetworks.com (ns4.BayNetworks.COM [192.32.253.7]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA04152 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:01:33 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mailhost.BayNetworks.COM ([132.245.135.115]) by shrimp.baynetworks.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA15383 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:59:04 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mailhost.corpemea.BayNetworks.COM (mailhost.corpemea.baynetworks.com [141.251.211.40]) by mailhost.BayNetworks.COM (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07799 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:00:11 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from vb-mail1.corpemea.BayNetworks.com (vb-mail1.corpemea.baynetworks.com [141.251.211.10]) by mailhost.corpemea.BayNetworks.COM (8.8.8+Sun/BNET-97/05/05-S) with ESMTP id RAA25779; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:00:24 +0100 (MET) for Original-Received: from amenardo.corpemea.baynetworks.com.corpemea.baynetworks.com ([141.251.211.122]) by vb-mail1.corpemea.BayNetworks.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-51848U14000L14000S0V35) with SMTP id com for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:00:20 +0100 X-Mailer: 21.2 "Artemis" XEmacs Lucid (beta8) (via feedmail 8 Q); VM 6.63 under 21.2 "Artemis" XEmacs Lucid (beta8) Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: X-Attribution: Robert Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:20269 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:20269 >>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic writes: Hrvoje> Stainless Steel Rat writes: >> "JC" == John Cooper writes: >> JC> By default pGnus doesn't seem to offer to attempt external JC> display of common Microsoft attachments, e.g., MS Word (MIME JC> type application/msword), excel, powerpoint, etc. >> >> That would more or less be because that is the way RMS wants it >> to be. Supporting non-free software out of the box goes >> against the philosophy of the FSF. Hrvoje> I still think relieving users by defaulting ms-word to MS Hrvoje> Word viewers, etc., might be useful, even if strictly Hrvoje> against FSF's philosophy. How about defaulting to running "start" on Mickeysoft platforms, which will generally Do The Right Thing, and will allow users to change things without having to mess with mailcap files ? (but have mailcap be preferred, obviously). Robert -- Robert Pluim Voice: +33 4 92 96 17 43 Systems Development Engineer Fax: +33 4 92 96 15 32 Nortel Networks