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From: spamtrap@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)
Subject: Re: multiple mailcap entries
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 17:32:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87znmvhgu3.fsf@virgil.koldfront.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84brzbvj0v.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 17:21:20 +0200, Kai Großjohann wrote:

>> I don't know.  RFC 1524 specifies the order in which they should be
>> used:

>> |    $HOME/.mailcap:/etc/mailcap:/usr/etc/mailcap:/usr/local/etc/mailcap

> IMHO the ordering given there doesn't make sense -- maybe there is a
> bug in RFC 1524?

What is it about the ordering, that doesn't make sense?

It looks like "Choose user-preference first, then go systemwide -
preferring the most global existing mailcap", to me?


  Best regards,

-- 
 "Vilken sanning, Måns, är sann?"                              Adam Sjøgren
                                                          asjo@koldfront.dk


  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-04-12 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-09 13:10 Klaus Zeitler
2003-04-09 14:52 ` Jesper Harder
     [not found]   ` <84k7e16o11.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>
     [not found]     ` <m3d6jseslm.fsf@defun.localdomain>
     [not found]       ` <84znmw7ov2.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>
2003-04-11 20:58         ` Jesper Harder
     [not found]   ` <q5gsmspnnmr.fsf@lucent.com>
     [not found]     ` <m3fzooesro.fsf@defun.localdomain>
     [not found]       ` <i7he9396e8.fsf@hilbert.math.albany.edu>
     [not found]         ` <m3adevu7il.fsf@defun.localdomain>
     [not found]           ` <84brzbvj0v.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>
2003-04-12 15:32             ` Adam Sjøgren [this message]
2003-04-12 16:21             ` Vasily Korytov
2003-04-12 16:27         ` Vasily Korytov
2003-04-14  6:38       ` Arne Jørgensen
     [not found] ` <85istme3yw.fsf.Hubert.Canon@alussinan.org>
     [not found]   ` <m3r88a8i6c.fsf@defun.localdomain>
2003-04-11 10:53     ` Gnus and indentation Hubert Canon

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