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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 2000 13:31:39 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        rob <europax@home.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why not XEmacs, after all?
Message-ID:  <14770.39179.779952.698846@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <39B22B90.C668CF9A@home.com>
References:  <14769.42910.433715.290489@guru.mired.org> <39B22B90.C668CF9A@home.com>

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rob writes:
> > They both use ~/.mailcap, which is what Netscape uses as well. The
> > syntax is "type/subtype;command". Type and subtype are the appropriate
> > MIME values. Subtype can be "*" to mean "any of this type". Command
> > should include a "%s" that will have the file name of the temporary
> > file plugged in.
> I always wondered what that file was.  I always thought it was some
> config file from a mail program that I never used.  It odd that I never
> looked in it.  Rob.

That's actually correct. MIME was originally introduced as a mail
format, and mailcap files were used by mailers. Web browsers using
them was an obvious move.

	<mike



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