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0> In article <uvgx23616.fsf@KONTIKI.cam.eu.citrix.com>,
0> John S. Cooper <URL:mailto:John.Cooper@eu.citrix.com> ("John") wrote:

John> However, my mailcap-mime-data now has 2 entries for
John> application/octet-stream:
John>
John> My .mailcap stuff:
John>
John>   ("octet-stream"
John>    (viewer . "shelex %s")
John>    (type . "application/octet-stream"))
John>
John> .. and the default:
John>
John>   ("octet-stream"
John>    (viewer . mailcap-save-binary-file)
John>    (non-viewer . t)
John>    (type . "application/octet-stream"))
John>
John> When I hit RET on the MIME button, it seems the default action
John> takes effect and I'm prompted to save the attachment to a file.
John>
John> It looks like mailcap-add-mailcap-entry might be keeping both
John> entries because the viewer is different in each case (although
John> this is something of a guess!).
John>
John> Any ideas on how I can make my .mailcap specification for
John> application/octet-stream override the default?

Perhaps Lisp functions take precedence over shell commands in
mm-mailcap-data?

Is that the case?  If so, is there a way to override it?