From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 20:59:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 938E91065672 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:59:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from raq5.nitrex.net (raq5.nitrex.net [213.165.227.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF8A58FC0A for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:59:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.10.144] (gate.zenatode.org.uk [213.165.225.167]) by raq5.nitrex.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m61KxmdS011622 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:59:51 +0100 Message-ID: <486A9AC3.5020308@onetel.com> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:59:47 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080611) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <4867C63F.30207@gmail.com> <44y74ltye7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <44y74ltye7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien_Morand?= Subject: Re: PPS and thunderbird X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:59:53 -0000 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Sébastien Morand writes: > >> I'm using thunderbird to read my mail and I'm not able to open >> directly the attachments ".pps". Actually I get a lot of file like >> this for my work, and it's quite boring to have to save them in a >> directory and then read them with openoffice. >> >> When I try to read them zith tunderbird, the mime type is not >> recognized, this is an "unknown" type and the application proposed is >> mplayer (don't ask why...). >> >> Then i could choose the right application and open it, but the button >> remember the choice is not available, so I have to choose manually the >> program evertytime, this is also quite boring. >> >> So my questions are: >> Why pps file are not recognized as powerpoint file? >> Why am I not able to keep remember the choice to open .pps file with openoffice? > > I don't have a recent copy of Thunderbird at hand to check with, but > I remember Thunderbird having a configuration screen for "Attachments" > which (among other things) let you configure an "action" for different > file types. It probably depends on MIME types rather than file > extensions, though, so if you are getting these ".pps" files with the > wrong MIME type, you have a different problem. > In Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 Edit/Preferences/Attachments/View & Edit Actions to see a list of filetypes. But until you download a file of a particular type it won't appear in the list. I think when you download a filetype for the first time you get a dialogue box asking what to do and if this action should be used in future. Chris