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From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com>
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To: jkh@time.cdrom.com
Subject: Re: Netscape and mime.types?
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Jordan...
>Netscape has the annoying property of not dealing with .au files
>by default, but its default "Helper Applications and Proxies" page
>simply refers to a file named:

>	/usr/local/lib/netscape/mime.types

>A file with which it is not distributed.

They assume you have a working metamail configuration already, and expect
you to point the entry at the existing mime.types file.

Metamail is really kind of soggy and hard to light.