From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Sep  5 17:10:53 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2113416A4DE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  5 Sep 2006 17:10:53 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu)
Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5017743D70
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  5 Sep 2006 17:10:49 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu)
Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28])
	by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1B08389119
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  5 Sep 2006 12:10:48 -0500 (CDT)
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:07:42 -0500
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Message-ID: <F5DBDF90DC8B3E3DC0F57D61@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.5 (Linux/x86)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1;
	protocol="application/pkcs7-signature";
	boundary="==========EC854131E557BE78C354=========="
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5
Subject: MIME and mailcap
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:10:53 -0000

--==========EC854131E557BE78C354==========
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

I'm trying to understand the use of mailcap for MIME translation within a=20
mail client.  I installed mail/metamail, which created a .mailcap file in=20
my home directory.  That file appears to be a copy of the run-mailcap=20
script.  But what does it do?  It seems like it does nothing.

What I'm trying to do is get the mail client to open an image viewer when I =

double-click on a jpeg attachment.  The mail client is designed to source=20
the mailcap file from /etc/, /usr/local/etc/ and from ~/.mailcap.

What am I missing here?  What's the best/proper way to do this?

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

--==========EC854131E557BE78C354==========--