[imp] viewing jgp's

[Rich Lafferty]

On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 12:37:56PM -0500, Scott Martin (martin@math.ohiou.edu) wrote:
> I am using Imp-2.3-dev. I was just viewing a message and it had a .jpg file
> attached to it, but there was no link available to view it. I assume this is
> because it was coded "application/octet-stream". Is there something I need
> to add or change in mime.php to make this viewable?

"Application/octet-stream" means "Some sort of non-text
attachment". The problem is that the sender's mail program didn't
identify the attachment. Since IMP doesn't know what it is, you can't
view it; you'd have to download it first and let your computer's
figure-out-this-filetype mechanisms do their thing.

Although, hrm.

I think I'm going to see what mod_mime_magic does with that. :-)

   -Rich

-- 
------------------------------ Rich Lafferty ---------------------------
 Sysadmin/Programmer, Instructional and Information Technology Services
   Concordia University, Montreal, QC                 (514) 848-7625
------------------------- rich@alcor.concordia.ca ----------------------