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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:
> 
> > | #mailcap entry added by Netscape Helper
> > | application/octet-stream;;\
> > |         x-mozilla-flags=save
> > `-----
> > 
> > Please note that no viewer has been given.
> 
> >From my reading of the mailcap manual page, this seems to be invalid. 
> 
> > Is it possible to edit this entry such that *both* the
> > x-mozialla-flags are retained *and* pgnus knows that it should save
> > this part?
> 
> I don't think Gnus should try to understand proprietary flags created
> by other programs.

  Exactly.  Hence the 'x-' :)

  A custom/widget based mailcap editor has been on my todo list for
FOREVER.  Anybody care to take a stab at it?

-Bill P.