Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> writes: > Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes: > > [...] > >> [fn:1] Can you please make sure that when you send attachments they are >> typed properly? They are sent as "application/octet-stream" currently, >> requiring two steps: saving them and then opening the saved file. For >> backtraces, just use "text/plain" instead: emacs/gnus knows how to open >> these directly. > > OT but: the easy way to open these attachments, when you know they are > meant to be text/plain, is to use 't' (gnus-mime-view-part-as-type) as > opposed to 'v' to view the attachment: you get asked for the mime type > and you then get the appropriate viewer. Quite handy, especially when > interacting with users of certain brain-dead MUAs... As usual, gnus has > a solution to most problems! The trick is knowing these solutions. :-)
Ah, thanks! I recently switched to gnus and the culture shock is killing me, but I'm determined to stick it out this time. This will make it a bit easier. -- Nick