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Klaus Zeitler <kzeitler+usenet@gsm-mailhost.de.lucent.com> writes:

> I thought that entries in ~/.mailcap would have highest preference,
> but it seems to be the opposite.

Yes, ~/.mailcap entries are normally preferred.  There is one exception,
though, internal Emacs functions (such as `mailcap-save-binary-file')
are always preferred over external commands.