[CentOS] semi-OT: t-bird mime type on .pdf attachment is wrong

Thu Apr 23 12:47:58 UTC 2015
Tris Hoar <trishoar at bgfl.org>

On 22/04/2015 19:25, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> I was sending my manager a copy of a form, and attached it (not inline),
> using -t-bird, and he complains it didn't want to open. Looking at the
> message source, t-bird had decided that the mime type was all/allfiles,
> though the name ended in .pdf. I've searched via the config editor, and
> I've been googling, and not finding anything. (I just *adore* the current
> google: I have +"all/allfiles" in the search terms, and in the para it
> displays on a hit I see "all somethingorother", with the word "all"
> bolded....)
>
> Anyone got ideas? I've looked in
> .thunderbird/<blah>.default/mime_types.rdf, and everything looks good in
> there.
>
>         mark
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Did you check the mime type of the file? just because it says PDF does 
not make that true.
You can use file to check it.

Tris


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