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Uwe Brauer wrote:
[...]
> Is there any variable in gnus I have to set that in case of
> a pdf file application/octet-stream is chosen instead of application/pdf

Maybe the easiest way is to have this entry in the ~/.mime.types
file:

application/octet-stream pdf

Requires restarting Emacs and Gnus or performing
M-x mailcap-parse-mimetypes RET
whenever you modify the entries.