Re: Viewing .diff files in balsa

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2001.10.22 10:58:32 +0100 Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> 
> On 2001.10.22 11:42 Carlos Morgado wrote:
> 
>>> Add a text/x-diff type in GNOME Control Panel, with extensions patch, 
>>> diff.
>> doesn't help if the sender sends "application/octet-stream" (outlook
>> dumbified mode)
> 
> Thats the case idd, how do I fix it then?
> 
hum, i'm not sure you can (except from larting the sender). if the MUA gets
a mime part with "octet-stream" it tells them "this is something binary.
figure it out".
prolly the mime side of the MTA should look at it and try to figure what
to do ?
any thoughts from the resident rfc buffs ? :)

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