[dev] MIME_Magic::

Anil Madhavapeddy anil@recoil.org
Tue, 18 Dec 2001 02:21:54 +0000


On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 08:31:49PM -0500, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:
> 
> Yeah. Well, we could default to just download, and have a default-inline driver 
> for things like images and text.

Agreed.

> However, I'm not sure the security issues aren't just moot: if you claim to be 
> a certain kind of part, you can masquerade just as easily as doing it through a 
> different file extension.

Again, agreed - if its the client setting it anyway, then theres no big
deal.  This would just work around mail clients not setting it correctly.

> 
> Anil, one other request in here: What about having image/* be recognized in the 
> handles and the icons settings? So we don't have to list every type of image 
> under the sun...

Sure ... easy change.  I'll take care of that.

Anil