Re: [Evolution] Opening pdf attachments

[Art Alexion <art RHD ORG>]

On 12/15/2009 Carpet Nailz wrote:
>  I see lots of posts about similar problems, but there doesn't seem to
>  be
>  a solution that I've found.
>
>  I'm running Evo 2.24.1.1, which is the latest version for openSuse
>  11.1.
>  When I get a pdf attachment, I often do not get the option to open the
>  attachment with either Acrobat reader or Evince. One email that I
>  received this morning only give me the options of gedit or
>  OpenOffice.org Writer/Web...
>
>  Other times I get one or the other or both Acrobat or Evince. I
>  actually
>  received one email with two pdf attachments. One attachment gave me
>  the
>  options and the other did not (??).
>
>  I did not have this problem in the past with Evolution--seems to have
>  started with my move to openSuse 11.1.
>
>  If I right-click on a pdf file in Nautilus it shows all the relevant
>  options.
>
>  Thanks for any help.

This is a MIME problem, not an evolution one.  It depends on how the 
sending system encodes the PDF acrobat/PDF or application/PDF.  Make 
sure both MIME types open in the reader you want.

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Art Alexion
MIS/Central Office Support
Resources for Human Development