--- mailcap.el.~7.7.~	2005-10-27 09:38:45.000000000 +1000
+++ mailcap.el	2006-01-21 18:46:31.807002888 +1100
@@ -532,7 +532,12 @@
 		    (skip-chars-forward ";"))
 		(setq done t))))
 	  (setq	value (buffer-substring val-pos (point))))
-	(setq results (cons (cons name value) results))
+	;; `test' as symbol, others like "copiousoutput" and "needsx11" as
+	;; strings
+	(setq results (cons (cons (if (string-equal name "test")
+                                      'test
+                                    name)
+                                  value) results))
 	(skip-chars-forward " \";\n\t"))
       results)))