[imp] excel files getting assigned wrong mime type

Liam Hoekenga liamr at umich.edu
Wed Feb 9 13:42:38 PST 2005


>> If I run "file", excel files are identified as "Microsoft Office 
>> Document".. so I'm curious how Horde / IMP is deciding that files with an 
>> .xls attachment are word files?
>
> It's not, a user's browser is.

Er... does the browser determine the attached display?

Looking at the message with the attached excel document from Firefox (OSX 
and WinXP), Safari (OSX), and IE (WinXP), all of the headers claim that 
it's a word attachment.

Liam
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