Re: attachments associations

[Ildar Mulyukov <ildar users sourceforge net>]

On 07.07.2010 18:45:12, Jack wrote:
> On 2010.07.07 01:30, Ildar Mulyukov wrote:
> > > Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Tex_specCXD.doc"
> > > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Tex_specCXD.doc"
> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> This only looks stranger than it really is.  Balsa (and, I suspect,  
> most mail clients) pays no attention to the file name.  It uses the  
> mime type, and that gets set by the email client of the person who  
> sent the message.  There is nothing Balsa can do about it.  I've  
> received .doc attachements that Balsa open fine with OpenOffice  
> (application/msword), and some (as above) that it will only save.

This doesn't imply Balsa can't handle such situations in more  
intelligent way.

>   I wonder if it is the web email clients that cause this problem?
> > And saving to /tmp and opening properties in nautilus says it's
> > > Word document (application/msword)
> Once you have saved the file, the OS or window manager, or file  
> manager can look at the file name and first few bytes to better know  
> what it really is.
Not just name/extension but also magic bytes in a file. I guess this is  
how Balsa calculated "application/x-ole-storage".

Regards,
	Ildar
P.S. Now I successfully hacked this case:
$ echo "application/x-ole-storage=abiword.desktop;oowriter.desktop;" >>  
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list