[imp] viewing jgp's

[Scott Martin]

What is mod_mime_magic?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Lafferty" <rich@horde.org>
To: <imp@lists.horde.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [imp] viewing jgp's


> 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
>
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