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Subject: Re: Choosing the right MIME type when sending attachment
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:46:28 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 26 2004, John Robot wrote:

> What can I do so that Gnus chooses the right MIME type when I'm
> attaching files?
>
> If I attach a Word file (.doc extension), I'd like Gnus to
> select by default `application/msword' instead of
> `application/octet-stream'...
>
> Is there a mailcap-like file to edit, 

Yes.  And surprisingly it is called `~/.mailcap'. ;-) Oops, in fact
it's ~/.mime.types rather than ~/mailcap I think.

> or a variable to set?

(eval-after-load "mailcap"
  '(add-to-list 'mailcap-mime-extensions '(".doc" . "application/msword")))

See also (info "(emacs-mime)mailcap").

Bye, Reiner.
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